On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 11:50:30 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 4:42:40 PM UTC-6, Nancy2 wrote:
> > No,brand I could see, but it was about the size I described, shiny silver, and the cherry could go
> > in any which way, and it had very smooth lever action. I will say it was hard to tell if the cherries
> > remained basically whole, or if they were in pieces.
> >
> > N.
>
> The purpose of any cherry pitter I've ever seen or heard of is to keep as much of the cherry intact as possible. My little 20+ year old one is made of chromed wire and has a yoke and a plunger to pop out the pit, but mine misses a lot especially with some cherries, One batch I bought and pitted recently had many cherries that did not want to give up their pit! :-(

Were the cherries underripe? To withstand shipment from wherever they
are currently in season (Chile?) they'd have to be picked when they were
pretty firm.

Cindy Hamilton