Some of the most common cherry bombs and globe salutes commercially available in the United States. Picture scale: the blue lines in the background are ½-inch apart. From top left:
Kent Cherry Flash Salute, c. 1958
Havre de Grace Cherry Bomb (aka Arrow Brand), c. 1946
Peacock Standard Globe Cracker Bomb (India Export), c. 1995
A cherry bomb (also known as a globe salute or kraft salute) is an approximately spherical exploding firework, roughly resembling a cherry in size and shape (with the fuse resembling the cherry's stem). Cherry bombs range in size from three-quarters to one and a half inches (1.9 to 3.8 cm) in diameter.
^Globe Salutes & Cherry Bombs of the 20th Century, by John Chunko (whitepaper, data sheet). J. Chunko. 2006.