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[Beckett <thomas@tbeckett.com>]

Mark Lee wrote:
> I read a Reuters story this morning about a Japanese cherry variety called
> Sato Nishiki.  Here is a link:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=4&u=/nm/20030
> 708/od_nm/cherries_dc
>
> People are stealing these cherries in the night from orchards.  Why would
> someone do this, and what makes this news worthy?  Because these fruits are
> so valuable that they are known as "red diamonds".  A small box of these
> sell for $130.  They must be really good cherries.

$130/pint?  Hmmn.  What hardiness zone is Yamagata?  Where can we get 
some scionwood?

Thomas Beckett
Z7, North Carolina