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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sato Nishiki cherries
  • Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 11:11:50 -0700

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Sato Nishiki cherries
Having investigated varieties from Japan in the past, I can say it might be faster to try to breed one yourself.  Most new Japanese varieties have a licensing system that just about makes you put up your firstborn as security.  They are VERY protective of their plants.  Tracking of pirated material has been aggressive, too.

From: Beckett <thomas@tbeckett.com>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 13:53:21 -0400
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sato Nishiki cherries


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.

 Hmmn.  What hardiness zone is Yamagata?  Where can we get
some scionwood?

Thomas Beckett
Z7, North Carolina




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