Montmorency cherry. To visit the new MSU cherry Web site, Researchers at Michigan State University have evaluated hundreds of sweet cherry varieties for the fresh and processed markets, but until now, the data was housed in multiple places and in different formats. A new MSU cherry Web site will give growers access to variety evaluations in a “one-stop shop” database. Dr. Nikki Rothwell, MSU horticulturist and coordinator of the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station in Traverse City, said that MSU began standardizing data collection on new cherry varieties in 2007. A new database was developed, and evaluations are being merged into […]