I am notoriously awful at estimating volumes by eye, so I bought about three times as many cherries as necessary — the Elsens, somewhat inconsiderately, specified only “5 cups” as the quantity, and I don’t know anyone who sells fresh fruit by the cup. The actual measurement was a pound and a half, or 55 individual cherries; after pitting, as shown on the scale here, they weighed about 22 ounces.