Catch up on the latest from grower-shippers that produce and market Northwest cherries, from increased volumes of organic and proprietary varieties of cherries to new optical sorters and personnel.
With cherry harvest underway in the Pacific Northwest, Wenatchee, Wash.-based CMI Orchards is already receiving positive feedback on the quality, sweetness and texture of this season’s early fruit.
An updated crop estimate from the Northwest Cherry Growers shows initial estimates of 23 million 20-pound box equivalents should hold true, with harvest of the Chelan variety starting on June 4.
Rain and low temperatures lingered longer than usual in the Pacific Northwest this spring, but cherry growers had their fingers crossed for the weather to comer right for a productive and profitable season.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — More cherry marketers may consider branded proprietary cherry varieties in coming years, but the formula won’t be the same as it is for apples.
In the first production estimate of the year, the Northwest Cherries Field Estimate team projects a crop 21.8 million 20-pound boxes, up from 20.9 million boxes last year but short of the 2014 record crop of 23.2 millio
