As the hot summer comes, it is quite a pleasure to have a bite of juicy summer fruit such as cherry and apricot.

Now, it is the harvest season for cherry and apricot in the Middle East region which is renowned for the good quality of the two kinds of fruit and the long history of planting them.

A woman shows a cherry hat at the Hammana Cherry Festival in the village of Hammana, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, on June 12, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Cherries are displayed at the Hammana Cherry Festival in the village of Hammana, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, on June 12, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A boy carries a basket with cherries at the Hammana Cherry Festival in the village of Hammana, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, on June 12, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

People visit the Hammana Cherry Festival in the village of Hammana, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, on June 12, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)