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In 1997, second-grade students from Millville Elementary School in Utah championed the idea of having a state fruit.
They proposed the cherry because Utah produces grow a combined total of 4,800 acres of sweet and tart cherries, and cherry trees surround the capitol building in Salt Lake City.
Japan sent cherry trees to the U.S. after the Second World War as a symbol of friendship.