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In 1910, Japan’s gift of 2,000 cherry trees to Washington was burned after pest checks, helping spur a new US plant-quarantine law

Before Washington’s famous cherry blossoms, a 1910 shipment from Japan was burned over insects and disease, and the fallout reshaped U.S. plant rules.

In 1910, Japan’s gift of 2,000 cherry trees to Washington was burned after pest checks, helping spur a new US plant-quarantine law

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