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KERASUND (anc. Choerades, Pharnacia, Cerasus) , a See also: town on the N. See also: coast of See also: Asia Minor, in the See also: Trebizond vilayet, and the port—an exposed roadstead—of Kara-See also: Hissar Sharki, with which it is connected by a See also: carriage road
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Pop. just under 1o,oco, Moslems being in a slight minority
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The town is situated on a rocky promontory, crowned by a See also: Byzantine fortress, and has a growing See also: trade
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It exports filberts (for which product it is the centre), walnuts, hides and See also: timber
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Cerasus was the place from which the See also: wild See also: cherry was introduced into See also: Italy by See also: Lucullus and so to See also: Europe (hence Fr. cerise, " cherry ")
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