Operating seven casinos in Chile evidently wasn’t enough of a gamble for the owner of Agricola Victoria, which has cherry orchards at Rosario, south of Rancagua. Improving fruit size is a key goal for Antonio Walker, who owns and manages an orchard at Teno, just north of Curic, the heart of Chile’s cherry industry. Walker’s company, Agricola San Leon, has been growing cherries for nine years. In the past, he could pick cherries as small as 22 mm (11-1/2 row), but as production increases, growers will need to produce larger cherries to be profitable, he said. “We would like to […]