Cherry Update

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Bing cherries have all been picked and are in the cooler. There are many Rainier cherries still on the trees waiting to be sold, then picked. The 100 + degrees we had today and will continue to have this week will ripen them rapidly, so we have to watch them closely every day.

Our house fruit stand is closed for the season, but our two on Hwy 152 are open every day except Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We are selling our bing cherries (much sorting since they are getting old and too ripe), our Rainiers, local apricots, peaches and nectarines from the valley, local strawberries, and garlic braids. Our plum tree is now loaded, so we’ll sell those, too.

We’ll keep our fruit stands open as long as we can find and buy cherries, once ours are gone. We’re looking at a couple of orchards in Hollister (south of us) that still have some bings and vans. We’ll probably buy from them. We’re hoping to make it to the end of July or beginning of August.

Below are some photos of our Rainier cherries. They are so juicy and sweet, they taste like candy.  Let your mouth water.

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