Alberto Carleti planted this hillside orchard after seeing orchards in Sunnyside, Washington. Argentine cherry grower Alberto Carleti partnered with a friend in Washington State to establish his latest cherry orchard at Tunuyn in Mendoza. Carleti, who has visited Washington, said he was inspired by orchards he saw at Sunnyside and planted the 21-hectare (52-acre) orchard on a hillside rather than on flat ground as he normally does. He also used a different tree-training approach, using the central-leader system, rather than the usual multileader, with up to 1,000 trees per hectare (400 per acre). The soil pH is between 6 and […]