—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10,1978
24
Cherries
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favorable, the end product
will be well worth the wait.
“The quality looks very
good, so far,” says Ben
Lapp, Christiana, who has
about three acres of cherries
that he markets via pick
your-own. “They should get
pretty big.”
Other orchardists in
Lancaster, York, and Adams
Counties back up Lapp’s
statement saying, on the
average, the crop looks very
good, and barring hail or
rainy weather close to
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picking time, the fruit should
be excellent.
“It’s really too early to tell
for certain,” points out a
representative from Blevins
Fruit Farm, Stewartstown,
York County.
\ Blevins has a full crop of
sour chemes and about a 75
per cent crop of sweet
chemes. On the average, the
turnout for Blevins’ crop is
higher than for other or
chards in Lancaster Far
ming’s coverage area.
Most estimates from
growers contacted show that
hooking, scherenschnitte,
fractur, egg scratching, and
other skills including gun
smithing, theorem painting,
open hearth cooking, stone
carving, chair caning, lace
making, and basket making.
Special activities include
operation of a Conestoga
Wagon drawn by six' orses,
a shooting exhibition with
flintlock Pa. long rifles,
operation of two late 19th
century steam tractors, and
performances of traditional
folk music.
Craft day activities are
scheduled from noon to 5
p.m. on both days.
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the cherry crop for this year
is anywhere from 50 to 75 per
cent full.
“We have 65 to 70 per cent
of a crop because around
May 1 we had a hard frost,”
says P. Joseph Raab, owner
of Raab Fruit Farms,
Dallastown, York County.
Raab has about 12 acres of
cherries and, due to the
frost, he lost the crop in his
lower orchard. However, the
trees on the higher
elevations made it through
the frost unscathed. Raab
operates almost strictly on a
pick-your-own basis.
Ben Lapp also reports that
he has only 50 to 60 per cent
of his crop. Rather than the
frost or the rain, Lapp
believes that Winter damage
is to blame for his less-than
full crop.
Says Richard Haas, owner
of Cherry Hill Orchards,
New Danville Pike Lan
caster, “This year’s crop
looks the same as last
year’s. It’s not a bumper
crop, but it’s a good crop.”
He anticipates opening his
orchard on the weekend of
the 24th through the 26th.
Carlton Groff, of Groff’s
Orchard, in Kirkwood, also
reports that his. crop is
shaping up like last year’s.
His sour cherries are ex
ceptionally good.
Clair E. Winand, farm
supervisor for the
Musselman Division of Pet
Inc., says that, on the whole,
Adams County has Vz to % of
its crop.
“I get around to pretty
many growers,” notes
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Winand, “and Id say we
have 50 to 60 per cent of our
crop. That’s about 10 per
cent better than last year.”
Winand, who manages 235
acres of cherries for
Musselman’s, also noted
that the fruit on the lowlands
are pretty well frozen out.
Phillip Pitzer, the
president of the Adams
County Fruit Growers
Association, on the other
hand, is highly enthusiastic
about his crop.
“My crop is much, much
better than last year,” he
remarks. “It’s at least
double, or maybe three
times, as good as last year.”
In some cases, Adams
County orchardists only had
a 20 per cent turn out in 1977
due to frosts.
“We are finding that this
crop is very, very spotty,
though.” he adds.
There is also an extra
problem this year. Unlike
other years, this Spring’s
crop is scattered.
“Some of the trees have
big clusters, others don’t,”
remarked Richard Haas.
“It’s not going to be good
for ladies to pick this year,”
notes Ben Lapp, thinking of
his customers. “The people
will have to climb higher for
cherries. There will be some
you can pick right off the
tree, but people will need
ladders more this season.”
Mac Lott, from Bonnie
Brae Fruit Farms, Gard
ners, says that his crop of
cherries is not consistent,
either.
“It’s unusual,” he notes,
although he does point out,
also, that the quality so far
looks pretty good.
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Although it is really too
early to set prices and many
orchardists refuse to
estimate, the general feeling
is that the prices will have to
be as good as last year, and
maybe even higher.
“The warehouses are
pretty well sold out,” notes
Winand, “and we’re coming
through with a half crop, so
you can figure the prices will
be good.”
“This rain we’re getting
now is welcome,” notes
Philip Pitzer, the president
of the Adams County Fruit
Growers Association, “We
need it for a boost. But, when
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