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Article: Cherries return to Door County After the disaster of last year, the industry bounces back
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2009
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Door County cherry growers are eagerly anticipating a respectable
crop of the iconic summer fruit after last year's extreme weather
nearly wiped it out.
"Our orchards are blessed with a very nice crop of both sweet and
tart cherries this year," said Jim Seaquist, a partner in his
family's Seaquist Orchards in Sister Bay, which produces more than
half of the county's tart cherries and about one-tenth of the lesser-
known sweet cherries.
Wisconsin expects to harvest 8.3 million pounds of tart cherries
this year -- roughly 20% less than the bumper crop of two years ago,
but a huge bounce from last year's disastrous 600,000 pounds,
according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Most of the ...