Unseasonably cold temperatures occurring at bloom time may have taken some of the shine off the Pacific Northwest cherry crop, but”there’s definitely a crop here,” said B.J. Thurlby during a meeting of the five member states of Northwest Cherry Growers. The five-state fresh-market cherry crop is expected to be down by around 20 percent, but it could still be the third-largest crop on record. A forecast of 120,290 tons was the first official estimate of the fresh cherry crop from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Montana, made on May 7 by representatives of the five states. (120,000 tons is equivalent […]