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Central Otago Cherries
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Around 90 percent of New Zealand's entire cherry crop grows in this one inland region, on soil left behind by a 19th-century gold rush.
Dark, glossy cherries ripen through Central Otago's hot, dry summers from late November into February, sold by the bucket at roadside stalls and pick-your-own orchards around Cromwell and Alexandra. Locals eat them straight off the tree as much as buy them by the bag.
Why it's made this way: Central Otago's continental climate — hot dry summers, cold winters, and mineral-rich soil from its gold-mining past — turned out to suit stone fruit so well that the region now supplies nearly all of the country's cherries.
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