Article: 3 cheers for cherries: enjoy them fresh by the fistful, or pick and freeze for pies, cakes, and jams throughout the coming year.(cherry orchards in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin area)(cherries in cookery )

Cherries ripe from the tree are a treat few can resist. "Folks drive all the way from Missouri, Minnesota, Indiana--you name it," says Dan Kielar, who, with his wife, Julie, owns Kielar Akers Fruitful Harvest Orchard, a pick-your-own operation near Sturgeon Bay, Wisc. "Lots of tourists come up here to fish, but end up filling their coolers with cherries instead" Dan notes. What keeps customers coming back to Kielar Akers, and to the many other orchards for which Door County is famous, is the tart, or sour, cherry crop that peaks in midsummer. "Sour cherries are different from sweet cherries," Dan is careful to explain. "You can eat them raw, like sweet cherries, if you ...

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