Northwest Cherry Growers have completed their first round of industry and grower crop estimates, and yesterday predicted a crop smaller than the all-time record tally of 20.5m cartons seen in 2009.
At this stage, the 2010 Northwest cherry crop is estimated at 16.15m 20lb (9.1kg) cartons and with the initial harvest date predicted to be 1 June, there will be a more significant crop overlap with California than in the past few years.
The late portion of the California crop appears to be coming after 31 May this year and the Californian season will run well into June with volume through 15 June and possibly up until 20 June.
Based on field estimates, the Northwest peak harvest receipts appear to be lining up for 24 June.
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