Cherry season BEGINS: Murray Family Farms in Arvin, California, are the first to pick cherries for the commercial market

摘要

In tree fruit, timing can mean the difference between exceptional prices and average prices, and it's usually the early variety and districts that reap the benefits. There's early, and then there's early. Nobody is earlier than Murray Family Farms inArvin, California, which claims to be the first in the United States each year to pick sweet cherries for commercial markets. This year, their cherry harvest got into full swing on April 15 with Royal Lee, Early Sweet, Brooks, and a few minor pollinizervarieties.