Some trees with the popular bings are ready for picking but are not expected to be ripe in mass quantities until Memorial Day weekend … Sharon Moeser, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 1993
California, which represents about one-third of the nation's sweet cherry crop, will produce about 162 million pounds of cherries this season, with Bings representing about 45 percent. Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 18 May 2011
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bingr divided space, bin, Old Swedish binge storage room, Icelandic bingur heap; akin to Old High German bungo tuber