Door County Cherries: slim pickings for 2012
Last week I checked the Wisconsin Cherry Growers Association website to gauge when my beloved Door County cherries would be ripe. It’s usually not until mid to late July, but with everything else this year, the growing seasons started a few weeks early.
Then I read this:
Oh, my, not what I wanted to hear. Then, yesterday WLUK had a story from Fish Creek: ”This is the worst year I’ve ever experienced here in all the years I’ve been growing cherries,” said Bob Lautenbach of Lautenbach’s Orchard in Fish Creek.
My heart sank a little more.
Of all the berries out there that my family picks, my favorite have always been those Montmorency tart cherries that are so plentiful in Door County. At least, normally they are plentiful.
I may still take the kiddos to Uecker’s Acres in Forestville when the season officially starts in a few weeks. But I imagine we’ll have our work cut out for us and the prices will be a lot higher than normal.
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Tammy on
Mon, 18th Jun 2012 6:12 pm
Last week I heard the Michigan cherries were going to be good this year. I haven’t yet checked into where to buy them and I do not know if they are the tart or sweet cherries.
I too am a big fan of the tart cherries and had been planning on taking my kids picking for the first time this year, but will most likely wait until next year.
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