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The story behind the Bing cherry

Seattle illustrator Julia Kuo first came across Ah Bing in a history book. She was reading The Making of Asian America: A History when a detail caught her attention: the Bing cherry, the most popular ...
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Who was Ah Bing? New children’s book reveals Oregon story behind famous cherry

Little is known about the orchardist in Oregon who forever changed the international fruit market in 1875 by cultivating the popular Bing cherry. But author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo ...