A good future lies ahead for Washington’s fresh cherry industry, despite some marketing difficulties during the 2006 season, horticulturist Lee Gale believes. “There’s going to be a future in cherries, but over the next five years, how are we going to get to that future?” he asked during the Washington State Horticultural Association’s annual convention. The industry is going through unprecedented growth. In 2005, the state produced almost 103,000 tons of the best quality cherries it had ever grown. “Those things jumped off the shelf,” Gale said. “Buyers were whining because they could not get enough cherries.” In 2006, Washington […]