Dear Carol,

Saturday April 09 2005, Carol Shenkenberger writes to Danny Ceppa:

 DC>> Just caught this on the news yesterday:

 DC>> The cherry trees in Washington, DC  were a gift from Japan in
 DC>> 1912.

 CS> Cool!  But they also grow naturally in the states .

Are they the same? We have cherry trees here in Russia too, but they are
different from Japanese sakura. The latter are a bit less tasty, but more
beatiful blossoming.

As ever,
Mike Tyukanov

--- I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous