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| SWEET CHERRIES ORCHARDS ARE IN BLOOM... |
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| ...GORGEOUS! |
Sunday, 5/15/16, 12:00 PM. 52 degrees F at the ferry dock, 54 on the back porch. Wind variable and gusty, the sky partly cloudy with cumulus clouds. The humidity is lower, at 42%, the barometer beginning to climb, at 29.99". It looks like nice, seasonally cool and dry weather for the week ahead.
The sweet cherries are in full bloom. The trunks and large branches are whitewashed to reflect the late winter sun, which can be very damaging to the thin-barked young trees.
Hopefully the cold weather has not damaged the blooms, and that the flowers are getting pollinated. If so, and there is no further frost, it will be a good and profitable crop. Cherries this far north are a gamble, but even if the crop is successful only every two or three years, it pays off big. Our sweet cherries are as good or better than any, and are bought out as soon as they are ripe.
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