Bing cherry He worked as a foreman in the Lewelling family fruit orchards in Milwaukie for about 35 years, supervising other workers and caring for trees. He went back to China in 1889 for a visit. Due to the restrictions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 he never returned to the United States. Sources disagree as to whether Ah Bing was responsible for developing the cultivar, or whether it was developed by Lewelling and named in Bing's honor due to his long service as orchard foreman. Bing cherries are used almost exclusively for fresh market. Bings are large, dark and firm
The Bing Boys Are Here Other material was contributed by Eustace Ponsonby, Philip Braham and Ivor Novello. "The Bing Boys Are Here" opened in 1916 in the West End and ran for 378 performances. It was one of the three most important musical hits of the London stage during World War I (the other two being "The Maid of the Mountains" and "Chu Chin Chow"); music or scenes from all of these have been included as background in many films set in this period, and they remain intensely evocative of the "Great War" years. Other hit shows of the period were "Theodore & Co" (1916),