Both types of cherries should be pruned in early ... due to its spurs that produce fruit for 10 to 12 years at a time. The main pruning task is to thin out branches that might be dead, diseased ...

True, dried fruit will have more sugar by weight than the fresh version of the same type. An ounce of dried apricot halves, for instance, has about the same amount as four fresh apricots (5 ounces).