<p>Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers has kicked off its 2014 Northwest cherry harvest. With the season getting underway the last weekend of May, Oneonta Marketing Director Scott Marboe said <B>early signs point to a great season</b>.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “We started harvest this weekend,” Marboe said on June 2. “The fruit is <B>looking very nice, really clean</b> with a good range of size. Our field staff and Mother Nature have done a great job so far.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Volumes “should really start to pick up by the weekend, and <B>next week will be a good time to start with those early season programs</b>,” Marboe notes.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Check out this cool video from Oneonta below to see a quick look into its cherry production!<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/33937766" width="480" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The company anticipates <B>plentiful opportunities to promote until the end of August</b>. In addition to the abundant dark sweet cherries, Oneonta produces the tender, sweet light-blush Rainier. Marboe said, “Our Rainier harvest will start in about two weeks. This is a special cherry that needs to be picked just right; so we really make sure to harvest them at the optimum times.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Demand for the Northwest fruit has picked up in recent days as California winds down.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.oneonta.com/cherry-dynamics" target="_new" class="btn"> Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
