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I went to a fruit growers meeting on Saturday. Interesting topic
was the fact that no one has good cherry crops in the South County
this year. Not in Morgan Hill, not in Gilroy, not even down in
Hollister (San Benito County). <br>
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Lest you think that the culprit might be colony collapse disorder in
bees, or drought, the information that I was given by a respected
Morgan Hill Grower is simply that it was too warm this winter... or
conversely, there was not enough hours of chill (850 for many
varieties) to trigger the right response in most cherry varieties.
So, localvores beware, cherries will be much more expensive if they
are available at all before Washington crops come in... and those
will not be local. <br>
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Why do I post this? Because both the drought and the effect of
rising temperatures on food prices are both features of climate
change that the scientists have been warning us about. <br>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you
don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth"
- <i>Roberto Clemente</i></div>
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