Jun 28, 2012Cherry growers head to banner crop despite rain
While assessments continue on the effects of Tuesday’s rain on the cherry harvest, early estimates suggest damage may be in the range of up to 10 percent across the cherry growing districts of Eastern Washington.
More damage appears to have occurred in the Columbia Basin where rainfall was substantially greater than in the Yakima Valley.
Even with losses, the Northwest cherry industry still anticipates shipping a crop of about 20 million boxes, B.J. Thurlby, president of the Washington State Fruit Commission and Northwest Cherry Growers, said Wednesday in a telephone interview.
He added that total shipments for June should approach 4.8 million boxes. The rain did interrupt harvest and some warehouses didn’t accept fruit Tuesday.
Thurlby said he estimates damage to the Bing variety, the largest variety by volume, is in the range of 5 percent to 10 percent. The Yakima-Herald
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