<p><strong>Yakima, WA</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Domex Superfresh Growers has had a very fruitful cherry season to date. The Spring has been quite gentle for the grower with few frost events allowing all crops to produce excessive bloom at a ‘normal’ timing.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Cherry harvest has kicked off in the earliest districts, according to a crop update. Most blocks have good crop loads and fruit is continuing to grow. The long range forecast is for drier than ‘normal’ with cooler than ‘normal’ temperatures. There has been rain in the past month which has caused some reports of damage to some varieties, though most blocks are too green to be much affected by the moisture. Ripe cherries are full of sugar. The sugar sucks the rain water into the fruit, causing the skin to split. We can reduce this process by applying calcium to the fruit. These salty products work by keeping some of the water outside the fruit.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Dave Gleason is the Chief Horticulturist for Domex Superfresh Growers and notes that, “There are years that make history in every industry, years that are memorable for the events they enclose between the start and stop, the January 1 to December 31 that defines every year. This year may be developing into one of those years.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://superfreshgrowers.com/about/index.html" target="_new"> Domex Superfresh Growers</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
