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  • June 2007 Issue
  • Can processors take more cherries?

    As sweet cherry crops increase in the Pacific Northwest, more outlets may be needed for the cherries that don't go to the fresh market.

    This cherry “martini” recipe uses both maraschino cherries and marinated fresh sweet cherries. For this and other cherry recipes, visit the Northwest Cherry Growers’s Web site at www.nwcherries.com. As cherry production increases in Washington State, industry representatives are wondering if processors will be able to handle all the cull cherries that don’t go to the fresh market. Washington orchardists don’t grow cherries specifically for processing, but if the crop is hit by bad weather during the growing season, the volume of cullage can be high. Jim Reynolds, president of Gray & Company of Portland, Oregon, which is one of the […]

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