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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
atsuzaki@types.pl wrote:
eating cherries right now (you should too #stonefruitsummer), and i want to take a moment to share that Bing cherries, the most popular variety today, is named after Ah Bing, the Manchu Chinese American foreman who helped cultivate it.
for 35 years he worked at the orchard in Milwaukie, OR. he left and was never able to return due to the Chinese Exclusion Act. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bing-cherry