Kiona (PC 8007-2) was recently released by Washington State University. It matures a little before Tieton. The Dalles in Oregon is a unique tree fruit production area in that its orchardists grow cherries and very little else. “We grow cherries, and that’s about all we grow,” Oregon State University Extension educator Lynn Long, said during the annual Cherry Institute meeting in Yakima, Washington, in January. The Dalles, in the Mid-Columbia region, has about 8,500 acres of cherries, and fewer than 200 acres each of apples and pears. Most growers have at least 200 acres of cherries, and a couple have […]