On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Christopher Hill wrote:

> Traverse City, Michigan [self-proclaimed Cherry Capitol of the World] got
> some bad pub this year because for the annual Cherry Festival, they flew
> in cherries from Washington State, and apparently they've been doing it
> that way for years. The local cherry harvest in Michigan comes weeks
> *after* the festival by a few weeks. But the fourth of July is a nice
> time to have a parade, I guess, so the Chamber of Commerce scheduled the
> festival then.

Haven't they had a number of very bad growing years, also? I remember
being back there a few years ago for a wedding, and all the road-side
cherry stands were closed - even up in Northport. I will always remember
buying a pint or two of the black sweet cherries every day off from summer
camp, and slurping them down in the hot sun while watching tourists come
and go at the World's Largest Crucifix (which was just down the road from
camp).

Susan Collicott
camel at serv.net
Seattle, WA
Meadowbrook Neighborhood