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[Beckett <thomas@tbeckett.com>]

Oops:  here's the tourism link w/ pretty picture.

http://www.pref.yamagata.jp/sr/season/season11_6.html

TaB

Beckett wrote:
> Here's another article from a Japanese newspaper on the cherry bandits:
>
> http://www.asahi.com/english/national/K2003062600444.html
>
> "The Sato Nishiki variety was developed in Yamagata Prefecture, home to 
> 70 percent of the cherries grown in Japan. Sato Nishiki cherries are 
> often described as ``precious red gems'' for their flawless ruby red 
> color and rich juicy sweetness.
>
> "The bandits ignore less-expensive varieties, such as Takasago and 
> Napoleon. Only pricey Sato Nishiki cherries ripe and ready for the 
> market are plucked, police say."
>
> And some tourism-type info on the cherries of Yamagata.
>
> Beckett
>
> Mark Lee wrote:
>
> > Not much traffic today in this NAFEX group.  Here is a something to talk
> > about...
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > -Mark Lee
> >
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