Okanagan rain delaying cherry harvest, farmers say
Although her crop fared well last year, she’s unsure what this year will hold. “Now we’re dealing with completely the opposite issue. Lots and lots of rain.”Rosehill Orchard isn’t the only one affected by the wet weather. After 22 years of farming, Hayat Orchards say they haven’t experienced weather as they’ve seen recently.
“I’ve not seen that kind of hard winter,” said Hayat Orchard owner Tas Hayat. “It’s more than 10 to 15 days we had temperatures of below 25 or 30, that killed all the soft fruit. Especially peaches, apricots, we don’t have any, and cherries only 40 or 50 per cent.”“In some cases, it helps because it’s a longer growing season for our cherries to get to a bigger size.”Okanagan fruit growers happy B.C.
Even though fruit in the North Okanagan hasn’t fully ripened yet, cherries are still available in the South Okanagan. Slade Shantz says South Okanagan cherries are available for purchase, but if they’re interested in picking their own, they’ll have to wait until the first week of July.
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