"'Father Bob' finds Sturgeon Bay cherries on Formosa" from the March 9, 1965 Door County Advocate
'Father Bob' finds Sturgeon Bay cherries on Formosa
Father Robert Baudhuin, missionary on Formosa, was, recently pleased to find Sturgeon Bay cherries there. He writes:
"A few weeks ago I almost caused a riot when I saw a case of Sturgeon Bay cherries on a shelf in a store in Taichung and very likely bought on the black market but they're the real thing! They taste just the same as the "dents" we used to switch off the track at the factory 15 years ago. I gave a can to Fr. John Andree to make a cherry pie.
"Is there any way to send cherry seedlings through the mail air freight or something like that — Plums and peaches grow in these hills and there are cherry trees galore. That's how the village got the Japanese name "Sakura" (cherry) but the trees are the wrong breed. They have a red blossom and no fruit. Some of our people know how to graft. Could a cherry branch be grafted to a pear root?"
"Father Bob's" address is: Catholic Church Mant on Hsleh, Jinai Hsiang, Chun Yang, Taiwan, Republic of China.
GOING NATIVE, Father Bob Baudhuin shows how to eat a can of cherries with chopsticks. The scenic photo shows where the missionary lives, in the light spot at right center
Courtesy of the Door County Library Newspaper Archive
[Cherries cannot be grafted to pears.
Obituary for Fr. Bob Baudhuin: https://maryknollmissionarchives.org/deceased-fathers-bro/father-robert-f-baudhuin-mm/ ]
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