CHERRIES RIPE FOR PICKING.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LEONA VALLEY - At Hobart's Cherries, the trees are loaded with ripening ripening said of meat. See curing. fruit - getting ready for visitors to start picking June 7. Dozens of other ``you-pick'' orchards are expected to open then as well, with the community's annual cherry festival and parade planned for June 14. ``We are going to have a lot of cherries this year. The whole valley is,'' said Jennifer Biller bill·er n. One that bills, as: a. A clerk who prepares bills. b. A machine used in preparing bills. , who with her husband, Jim, owns Hobart's. That's a welcome change from last year, when a spring freeze ruined much of the fruit on the trees. ``They like the cold before the blossoms come out, and they like the hot after the fruit comes out,'' Biller said. The annual Cherry Festival parade begins at 11 a.m. June 14. The parade starts at Leona Avenue and 90th Street West, runs north on 90th to Elizabeth Lake Road, then east to the Leona Valley Community Center, 8367 Elizabeth Lake Road. The festival itself runs from noon to about 4 p.m. at the community center. People can eat barbecued food and cherry pie Cherry pie is a pie made with a cherry filling. Morello cherries (sour cherries) are often used in cherry pies. Cherries are expensive — and sweet varieties are best used eaten fresh and raw. Sour cherries are best for cooking and may be used fresh or preserved. , buy handicrafts, and get their children's faces painted. ``Most people just want to grab a bite to eat and then usually go off cherry picking Cherry Picking 1. The act of investors choosing investments that have performed well within another portfolio in anticipation that the trend will continue. 2. Relating to bankruptcy proceedings whereby the courts uphold contracts favorable to bankrupt companies, but annul ,'' said Cynthia Hull, Leona Valley Improvement Association president. Parade viewers should plan to arrive early because sheriff's deputies close the roads about 30 minutes before start time, Hull said. Biller advises calling the orchards before driving out to make sure the cherries are ripe. Different varieties ripen rip·en tr. & intr.v. rip·ened, rip·en·ing, rip·ens To make or become ripe or riper; mature. See Synonyms at mature. rip at different times. Information and directions to orchards can be found at www.cherriesupic.com. The Leona Valley Cherry Growers Hotline is (661) 266-7116. Prices vary between ranches, but cherries typically sell for about $2 a pound. Ladders and buckets are available for patrons to use when picking the fruit. When picking cherries, Biller advised not to pull off the stem with the cherry because it rips away next year's cherry growth. ``Some people come with little scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends and snip the cherries,'' Biller said. That way they get a little stem with the cherry but don't damage the tree. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Cherries are beginning to ripen, left, at Hobart's Cherry Orchard cherry orchard focal point of the declining Ranevsky estate. [Russ. Drama: Chekhov The Cherry Orchard in Magill II, 144] See : Decadence . Above, Jennifer Beeler, son Gus, 6, and niece Meghan Wright, 6, hunt cherries at Hobart's. (3 -- ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. edition only) Gus Beeler, 6, reaches high as he can to pick cherries at Hobart's Cherry Orchard. |
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