[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Advanced maturity, increased fruit size, reduced number of pickings, and high yields were the second-year results of Washington State University research studying reflective material in sweet cherries. During the first year assessing reflective material placed under cherries in 2004, scientists didn’t see improvement in fruit set, although weather during fruit set was perfect, reported WSU’s horticulturist Dr. Matthew Whiting. But in 2005, Whiting observed significant differences between three types of reflective material placed in a fifth-leaf […]