Broadway legend Ethel Merman introduced a new song in 1931 entitled, “Life is just a bowl of cherries,” but the fruit has been around quite a bit longer. We pick them, we make sauce, we plop them on ice cream treats, we drop them in cocktails, we make pie, we make jam, we eat them fresh, we jubilee them, we tart them, we garnish with them, we marvel at their fragrant blossoms. Cherries. They’re at the top.