What is the difference between a cherry and a car cherry?

In fact, this "big cherry" is essentially "cherry", there is no difference between the two.

60 dollars a pound of "car cherry", and local 15 dollars of "big cherry". What is the difference between them? Why is the price difference so much?

Big Cherry

Cherry and our Chinese cherries belong to the Rosaceae cherry plants. As a whole, there are about 4 common varieties of cherries, including "Chinese cherries, hairy cherries, sweet cherries and tart cherries. In fact, the first 2 kinds, Chinese cherries and hairy cherries are our common domestic quality, of which the hairy cherry fruit Bing short, the market is less (the above picture is). We often buy small cherries, in fact, is the Chinese cherry, is an important branch of the cherry.

Sweet cherries (cherries)

And sweet cherries and sour cherries and mainly concentrated in the European region, sour cherries eaten raw especially acid, mainly used to do canning and desserts and so on. And sweet cherries are often said to be cherries, in fact, is the phonetic translation of the English cherry. So in essence, the imported fruit Bali and local Chinese cherry is belong to the same genus and different species of relations. Everyone is the same genus, but each has its own characteristics. (Photo above of Chelsea)

Why are Chinese cherries so cheap? During the peak season, they are even only two or three dollars a pound. That's mainly because common Chinese cherries are small, with large cores and thin, soft skins that don't hold up to storage or transportation. And often concentrated large quantities of ripe, and then quickly off the market. So the price can not go up, and also can not be preserved for a long time to sell in the opposite season. (The picture above is a common Chinese cherry.)

Cherry is a relatively low yielding fruit with a long ripening season that spans several months, or even all year round in different places. It is large, thick and firm flesh, hard skin, resistant to storage, and can withstand the bumps of the transportation journey, and its taste is really delicious, sweetness is very big. In addition to labeled "imported fruit" label, so the price has been high.

Big Cherry

Chinese big cherries in the country, the early introduction of sweet cherry planting, of which Yantai, Shandong and Dalian, Liaoning, planting area is the largest, but also the most successful. We call it "big cherry", in fact, this "big cherry" is essentially "car cherry", there is no difference between the two.