The sweet cherry spot

摘要

Michigan residents want to buy local fresh sweet cherries, so for growers who can figure out how to provide high quality cherries, the demand is there, Justin Finkler said at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Mark Expo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in December."If we can do the job qualitywise, I think we can get that premium on local fruit and get them in to our customers," said Finkler, operations manager for Riveridge Produce Co., the largest apple shipper in Michigan. The company started experimenting with sweet cherries planted at high-density with the fresh market in mind in 2009 and now plans to add 40,000 new trees in the next few years.