It’s pretty safe to say that Chilean sweet cherries, which begin shipping around the time many of us start thinking about Christmas shopping, will never pose a threat to Pacific Northwest cherry growers. In fact, say some, Chilean cherries can actually give Northwest cherry production a shot in the arm because they set the stage for the Northwest harvest that ­follows in five to six months. Growers who attended the Oregon Horticultural Society’s cherry talks in Portland recently got a short course on sweet cherry production in Chile from a man who’s been involved for a number of years. Juan […]