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Royal Ann cherry

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Genus
  
Prunus

Cultivar
  
'Royal Ann'

Species
  
Prunus avium

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Similar
  
Montncy cherry, Bing cherry, Greengage, Bosc pear, Williams pear

The Royal Ann or Royal Anne (also called Napoleon, Napoleon Bigarreau and Queen Anne) is a variety of cherry, similar in appearance and taste to the 'Rainier cherry'.

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In 1847, Henderson Lewelling brought 700 fruit trees of 'Napoleon Bigarreau' from Iowa to Oregon’s Willamette Valley and to start a cherry orchard. Seth Lewelling joined his brother Henderson in 1850, he renamed the tree 'Royal Ann' Seth later developed the 'Bing cherry'.

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It is both eaten fresh and used in making pies and Maraschino cherries.

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References

Royal Ann cherry Wikipedia
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