Word origins | Vişne

Mavi Boncuk | Vişne, in Evliya Celebi 1680 ekşi kiraz |  EN sour cherry [1] Bulgarian vişna RUS vişnya for all types of cherry ) GR vísino (ekşi kiraz) Introduction to Turkish is possibly from slavic languages.

[1] Prunus cerasus, or the sour cherry, is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. It is closely related to the wild cherry (P. avium), but has a fruit that is more acidic. There are two varieties of the sour cherry: the dark-red morello cherry and the lighter-red amarelle cherry. 


 The native range of the wild cherry extends through most of Europe, western Asia and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed through its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, modern day Turkey, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC. ["Pontus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913]

Top Sour cherry Producers - 2009
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)

1	Russia	235,000
2	Ukraine	178,000
3	Turkey	140,000
4	Poland	138,000
5	Serbia	116,000

Top Cherry Producing Nations - 2009 (in thousand metric tons)
Turkey	417.7
United States	390.7
Iran	225.0
Italy	116.2
Spain	96.4