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[Sam Franc <franc@oregonfast.net>]

Beckett wrote:

> 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?   

This is deceiving because everything is expensine in Japan when 
converted to dollars.
A single apple can be boxed and sell for $30.
The same with melons.
A single melon can cost $130.
Price hotel rooms in downtown Tokyo and a meal in same in dollars.
Sam