At the recent mid-autumn festival party at the Hua Song Museum (see here, here and here), Shinnpark takes a closer look at some of the exhibits of the museum, including this seemingly-misplaced display of canned cherries from Oregon.

What do cherries from Oregon have to do with the Chinese? Shinnpark writes:

From the corner of the hall, I spotted one of my favourite fruits — Cherries! Its an US imported fruit and its quite costly to get it in Singapore. Oddly, I’ve always thought it just ‘practically grew’ from the United States. Many Chinese gardeners and farmers produced new strains of fruits and vegetables. The most famous sweet cherry variety is the ‘Bing Cherry’, now an American favourite. The cherry derived its name from Ah Sit Bing of Oregon, who crossed-breed the red and sweet cherry. He had migrated from Manchuria in 1855.

Read more about the lifestyles of the Chinese in the Hua Song Museum in A Return To My Roots at Hua Song Museum.