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  • May 15th 2010 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • Cherries with stems

    Machine harvest is essential, but higher packout is needed.

    The challenge is getting the cherry to separate at the upper abscission zone at the twig. In the complex world of sweet cherries, one market is calling for light-colored sweet cherries with stems on for processing, and is willing to pay three to four times the normal processing price to get them. The demand for stem-on cherries is coming from Gray & Company, the world’s largest producer of maraschino cherries and glacé fruit. Headquartered in ­Portland, Oregon, it has two manufacturing plants, one in Oregon and one in Michigan. Cherries for processing can be harvested mechanically and handled a lot […]

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    Cherries, Varieties, Research, Richard Lehnert
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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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