As a result of a naturally occurring chemical reaction.
All cherry needs is oxygen and time.


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| Last year I built a cherry chest for our bedroom. It has darkened =
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| much like it should.
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| Today I was digging through my cutoff bin, looking for some scrap ash; =
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| bin is in a basement corner, under a shelf. It gets no sunlight, and =
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| little light of any kind.
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| I found some cutoffs from the chest that are the exact same color as =
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| chest. Explain that.=20
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