14 Feb 2024
The B.C. Cherry Association says last month's polar vortex led to a meeting of members declaring that they would meet with provincial and federal government officials to discuss the situation the industry is facing.
19 Dec 2023
Chile is by far the largest cherry exporter globally, exporting 414,000 tonnes of cherries from November 2022 to February 2023. By region, Europe is the largest producer of cherries and accounts for 32% of global production.
Post-harvest​ Production Varieties
18 Sep 2023
Manual harvesting of stalkless cherries reduces the time by 40-45% compared to manual harvesting of traditional cultivars; stalkless cherries are cultivars whose FRF value, when ripe, is 200-300 g compared to 450-900 for 'normal' cultivars.
31 Aug 2023
The primary aim of the present investigation was to construct predictive models for determining the lethal temperature thresholds (resulting in 10%, 50%, and 90% death rates) for two distinct cultivars of sweet cherry flower buds, during the autumn and winter period.
