Editing Cherry (section)

== Antiquity ==
The indigenous range of the [[Prunus avium|sweet cherry]] extends through most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed throughout its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by [[Lucullus|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]] from northeastern [[Anatolia]], also known as the [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]] region, in 72&nbsp;[[BCE]].<ref>{{Cite CE1913|wstitle=Pontus}}</ref>

Cherries were introduced into England at [[Teynham]], near [[Sittingbourne]] in [[Kent]], by order of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], who had tasted them in [[Flanders]].<ref>{{cite book |editor=Oliver Lawson Dick |title=Aubrey's Brief Lives |year=1949 |page=xliii |publisher=David R. Godine Publisher |isbn=9781567920635 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UPpQ4bAwdgC&pg=PR43 |quote=The curious [[antiquary]] [[John Aubrey]] (1626–1697) noted in his memoranda: ''Cherries were first brought into Kent tempore H. viii, who being in Flanders, and likeing the Cherries, ordered his Gardener, brought them hence, and propagated them in England''.}}</ref><ref>"All the cherry gardens and orchards of Kent are said to have been stocked with the Flemish cherry from a plantation of 105 acres in Teynham, made with foreign cherries, pippins [ [[wikt:pippin|pippin apples]] ], and golden rennets [goldreinette apples], done by the [[fruiterer]] of Henry VIII." ({{cite web |url=http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Teynham.html |title=A View of the Parish |website=Teynham Parish |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922045404/http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Teynham.html |archive-date=2008-09-22 }})</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/kent_ob.html |title=Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District Council |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119030616/http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/kent_ob.html |archive-date=2015-01-19 }} with the crest of a "cherry tree fructed proper" and motto "known by their fruits" were only granted on July 28, 1949, however.</ref>

Cherries, along with many other fruiting trees and plants, probably first arrived in North America around 1606 in the [[New France]] colony of [[Port-Royal (Acadia)|Port Royal]], which is modern-day [[Annapolis Royal]], Nova Scotia. Richard Guthrie described in 1629, the "fruitful valley adorned with...great variety of fruit trees, chestnuts, pears, apples, cherries, plums and all other fruits."<ref>{{Cite web |date=1996-11-30 |title=Journey to the brave new world |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12030134.journey-to-the-brave-new-world/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref>