date:Apr 01, 2013
were ready. But with a later harvest in Washington, Flathead cherries have at times been refused by an overwhelmed processing facility.
That put the long-term sustainability of the Flathead orchards in question.
In 2009, when the cherry market was saturated, Monson Fruit Co. bought less than half of the cherries from members of the Flathead Valley Cherry Growers and many growers simply left their cherries on the trees.
An advisory group of local cherry growers was then put together and the co