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Snow in April, rain in May and June, cold weather that kept bees in the hive during pollination season all combined to have a major impact on the 2022 cherry crop.

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‘What cherry harvest?’
August 29, 2022 1:20 a.m.

‘What cherry harvest?’

Snow, rain, cold combine to reduce 2022 Pacific Northwest cherry harvest

ROYAL CITY — There are short and long crops in the tree fruit business, good and bad years, and then there are those years, those harvests, the ones few growers - if any - remember fondly. The 2022 Pacific Northwest cherry harvest may be one of those. . .