Oregon Fruit Orchard History: Lambert and Bing Cherry Origins

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Published today in a neighborhood monthly newspaper; beginning of Portland-area fruit orchards 50 years after Lewis&Clark Expedition. Article sticks mainly to fruit production and development, occasionally strays to genealogy.

None of these pioneering orchardists retired from the business, but eventually sold their acreage. Mr. Bing himself could not return to the US from China.

$1.50 a pound for apples in the 1850s !

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That’s like $50 a lb. Those are Japanese gift fruit prices. More than Harry and David!

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Very interesting read

Thanks

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Ah Bing. Great history!

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Now that’s a great American story. Thanks for sharing it.

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For the heralding of New Year’s 2024, the city of Milwaukie Oregon now has a ceremony where a 6-foot LED ball resembling a red cherry on a green stem ( in honor of the Bing cherry.) is “dropped” at midnight.

The event is being branded as “Bing in the New Year”.

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