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Salem, Oregon (http://salemhistory.org/agriculture/ac01.htm):

The Cherry City

The story of Salem's cherry industry begins in 1847 when pioneer nurseryman
Henderson Lewelling...arrived from Iowa. Lewelling brought with him 700 tiny
fruit trees in earth-filled boxes. Shortly after arriving in the Willamette
Valley, Lewelling took up a land claim near Milwaukee where he established
an orchard....Among the cherry trees brought from Iowa was one Napoleon
Bigarreau which, for reasons now long forgotten, Mr. Lewelling called "Royal
Anne."....Seth Lewelling [Henderson's brother] is best remembered for his
work in developing new fruit varieties. Among these, two black cherries
stand out...the original Black Republican tree [which was] grown from a seed
of a Black Eagle cherry, and, in 1875, a Black Republican planting [which]
produced a promising seedling that [Seth] Lewelling named "Bing" after his
faithful Chinese helper.