Locations for growing cherries must be selected with great care, as the fruit is easily affected by climatic conditions. The superior flavor of DEL MONTE Cherries is due to the care exercised in their growth and preparation. There are three varieties of DEL MONTE Cherries - Royal Anne, Black Tartarian and the White variety, the first being the most popular because of its characteristic flavor and small pit. All our cherries are packed unpitted, as the retention of the pit gives that distinctive flavor which everybody likes. DEL MONTE Cherries are put out in three sizes of tins - No. 1 tall, No. 2 and No. 2 1/2. The No. 21/2 is referred to in the recipes following.

Cherry Suggestions And Recipes

Try grapefruit and cherries for a light luncheon salad, with French dressing. This is equally good after a hearty meat course at dinner.

Cherries may also be used in potato salad and served with a boiled dressing.

Bananas baked with canned cherries for 20 minutes and basted with their sirup, make a delicious and unusual dish.

Add a cup of stoned cherries to the custard pudding and freeze, for an inexpensive summer dessert.

Add a few cherries, stoned and cut in pieces, to any fruit or meat jelly to make it more delicious.

Use cherries in the sardine salad for an attractive addition.

Cherries, stoned, are delicious in a rolled sweet omelet.

Try baked cherries and spaghetti for a good conservation pudding using cherry sirup for moistening and spices for seasoning.

Cherries, stoned and chopped, and added to peanut butter sandwiches are delicious.

Use cherries instead of apples in the baked tapioca pudding for a pleasant change.

Cherries, stoned and chopped, and added to cream cheese and chopped nuts, make a sandwich filling which every one will like.

Canned cherries to which a little lemon juice has been added, thickened with cornstarch, make a splendid pie filling.

Cherries and celery, chopped fine and mixed with mayonnaise, make a good sandwich filling.

Cherry Coconut Sponge

Dissolve 1 envelope of softened gelatin in 3/4 cup of boiling sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Cherries, add 2 tablespoons of corn sirup, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, grated rind from 1/2 lemon, and juice from 1 lemon. Set aside until slightly thickened, fold in 2 stiffly beaten egg whites, add 1 cup of the cherries, pitted, and pour into a wet mold, sprinkle with coconut and serve with a soft custard made from the 2 egg yolks, 2 tablespoons of corn sirup, and 1 cup of milk.

Cherry And Pecan Salad

Remove the pits from 1 1/4 cups of DEL MONTE Canned Cherries and refill the centers with pecan or other nut meats. (This will take 1/3 cup.) Mix with mayonnaise and serve on lettuce.

Steamed Cherry Pudding

Mix 1 cup of fine, dry crumbs with 1 cup of rolled oats, add 2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, and mix thoroughly. Beat 1 egg, add 1 cup of sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Cherries, and the grated rind and juice from 1/2 a lemon and mix with the dry ingredients. Add 1 cup of the cherries, pitted, and 1 tablespoon of cooking oil or melted fat. Pack in a greased mold and steam for 2 hours. Serve with Cherry Pudding-sauce.

Cherry Sherbet

Add the juice of 1 orange to the sirup from 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Cherries, freeze, and when almost done add 1 stiffly beaten egg white and 1 cup of the cherries, pitted. Pack until hard.

Jellied Cherries With Oranges

Dissolve 1 envelope of softened gelatin in 1 cup of boiling sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Cherries and add 1/2 cup of boiling water, 1/4 cup of corn sirup, and the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Arrange 1 cup of the cherries, pitted, and 3 sliced oranges in a serving dish, pour in the gelatin mixture, and set aside until firm.

Pickled Cherries

Bring to the boiling point 1/2 cup each of sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Cherries, vinegar and brown sugar or corn sirup. Add 1 cup of the Cherries and 2 tablespoons each of stick cinnamon and whole cloves tied in a piece of cheese cloth. Boil slowly for 20 minutes.

Cherry Fritters

Make a stiff corn meal mush by adding 1/2 cup of white or yellow corn meal to 1 cup of boiling salted water, and 1 cup of sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Cherries. Boil for 5 minutes and cook in a double . boiler 1 hour. Add 1 cup of the cherries, pitted, and pour into a wet loaf pan. When cold and firm cut in slices, roll in fine crumbs and brown in fat in a hot frying pan. Serve with Cherry Pudding-sauce.

Cherry Pudding-Sauce

Bring 1/2 cup each of sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Cherries and brown sugar or corn sirup to the boiling point. Add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch moistened with 3 tablespoons of cold water. Boil for 5 minutes, add the juice of 1 orange and serve.