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> On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 1:48:23 PM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-07-22 4:18 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
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>> > The Bing cherries from Washington are glorious this year. They are
>> > huge, almost the size of a ping-pong ball, juicy, sweet and almost
>> > black in color. I've gotten cherries at Winco and Costco. All
>> > cherries were great. Be on the lookout for them
>
>> There are lots of cherries grown around here, and many varieties. I
>> don't recall ever seeing Bings. Cherries are one of those fruits that
>> are so much better freshly picked, so there is no chance of me buying
>> imported Bings when I can fresh cherries from the orchards around the
>> corner from us.
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> Odd, Bing is a recommended cultivar for Ontario (University of Guelph).
> Those grown in the Sun Parlour were always ripe by July 4.
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> My grandparents would always cross over to buy a peck of sweet cherries
> at that time every year. For a few years (until the fish dieoff grew too
> obnoxious) they would rent a cottage for us on the lake, near Leamington,
> at that time of year. Once we toured the Heinz factory. I remember
> going to the supermarket, the front of which had pallets of 50 pound sacks
> of
> Redpath sugar.

There is a little market in Lynnwood that appears to be Mexican based on the
name, which now escapes me. I was always intrigued because outside, they
always have pallets containing huge sacks of onions.

I finally went in there one day and was not impressed. My mom was impressed
with their selection of seasonings as was my friend who was in need of some
sort of Japanese seasoning that they had in stock. However, after looking
at the state of their produce inside, I'd fear that the seasonings were old
and past their prime. Most of the produce was in various states of decay
and I saw bottles and cans of things thick with dust which is never a good
sign.