It looks like this year’s spring fruit crop will be coming up cherries in Washington state. According to Jon DeVaney, president of the Washington Tree Fruit Association, the state’s crop will be up 30% this year; 19.9 million boxes of cherries, to be exact. The state is looking at a healthy crop this year. Washington growers say this burst of warm weather means this year’s cherry crop will burst with flavor.
“This is a great place to grow them, and they are very healthy for you, but most of all, they taste good,” DeVaney explained. A more normal supply should mean you get value from the retailer, but “they are often setting the price based on how popular they are and not on the wholesale price.” Look for prices to be anywhere from $5 to $10 a pound.
DeVaney said cherries should be plentiful in about a month, with the supply expected to stay strong through the end of July.
