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Originally Posted by Neilk
... Can you ship me some of your cherries. We recently bought some bing cherries and they were fantastic.
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Well, these are Rainier cherries, and from past experience, and reading below, I think that I'll be lucky to get a dozen in good shape.
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From Wikipedia,
Rainier is a cultivar of cherry. The Rainier was created in 1952 at Washington State University by Harold Fogle, as a cross between the Bing and Van cultivars.[1]
Rainiers are sweet cherries with creamy-yellow flesh. The cherries are very sensitive to temperature, wind, and rain. About 1/3 of a Rainier cherry orchard's crop is eaten by birds.
Rainiers are considered the "cream of the crop", selling for $5 dollars a pound or more in the USA and as much as a dollar each in Japan.[2]
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..and the other two thirds eaten by raccoons and squiggles.