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- From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
- To: nafex@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:25:54 -0800
Who do you think approved the use of the red dye?
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>From: "Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>
>To: <nafex@egroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry
>Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2001, 10:41 AM
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>I just threw out the jar of Maraschino cherries the refrigerator!! How
>awful. Where is the USDA when you need them?
>Doreen Howard
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>
>To: nafex@egroups.com <nafex@egroups.com>
>Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:45 AM
>Subject: Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry
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>>Napoleon, aka "Royal Anne" is grown around Salem, Oregon (nickname, "Cherry
>>City") for use in making maraschino cherries. It is a mild flavored
>cherry,
>>productive, with moderate to low susceptibility to brown rot. The industry
>>likes it because it doesn't have to be bleached as much for maraschino
>>cherries. That is, the cherries are bleached, brined in a lye solution,
>>then colored red (real logic there, eh?) People who work in the plants
>>won't touch maraschino cherries. For one reason,they go through rubber
>>gloves almost daily from the corrosive solutions used on the cherries.
>>Also, the red dye used is a coal tar dye that has been proven to cause
>>cancer, but the industry claims that nothing else works for them, so the
>>govt. lets them use it.
>>-Lon Rombough
>>Grapes, unusual fruits, writing, consulting, more, at
>>http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom
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>>>From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
>>>To: nafex@egroups.com
>>>Subject: [nafex] Napolean Cherry
>>>Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2001, 6:53 AM
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>>>Hi,
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>>>Can anyone tell me more about the Napolean cherry from experience?
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>>>All I know is that it is a yellow cherry.
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>>>What is the habit, disease resistance, fruit type and quality.
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>>>Just heard a fellow talking about it on the radio, and had to leave the
>>>room for a minute.
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>>>Regards,
>>>Tom
>>>
>>>--
>>>Thomas Olenio
>>>Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
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[nafex] Napolean Cherry,
Thomas Olenio, 01/20/2001
- Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry, jim, 01/20/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry,
Lon J. Rombough, 01/20/2001
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Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry,
jim, 01/20/2001
- Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry, Ginda Fisher, 01/21/2001
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Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry,
jim, 01/20/2001
- Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry, Doreen Howard, 01/20/2001
- Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry, Lon J. Rombough, 01/20/2001
- Re: [nafex] Napolean Cherry, Bruce & Joyce, 01/20/2001
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