Browse our past newsletters below:
Spring Update
May 14, 2012
We are rapidly approaching another cherry season, and all of us at Jealous Fruits are busy preparing for our upcoming harvest. Blossom has started at our valley farms and bloom should begin at our high elevation Cholla Hill site within five to seven days. Once blossom is complete we can better advise crop projections and anticipated start dates. Early indications are that we have a very nice crop load with a slight increase in volume over the 2011 season.
Our field crews have been working hard this spring planting 70 acres comprised predominantly of Regina and Sentennial, with lesser quantities of Van and Burgundy Pearl.
The Regina variety is a fabulously firm, great keeping cherry and is rapidly gaining popularity with our customers. Jealous Fruits has the largest Regina acreage in BC. Average availability dates on the Regina will be in the August 15th to 20th period.
Sentennial is our latest variety with average harvest dates in late August and early September. The cherry is broad shouldered like a Sweetheart, with an extremely firm, crunchy texture. Sentennial has similar flavour attributes to Staccato and Sweetheart with sizes peaking on 9.5 - 10.
Burgundy Pearl is the newest addition to our cherry family and is a large early season dark red cherry with above average firmness and superior quality.
Burgundy Pearl ripens ahead of Satin. This cherry has excellent flavor, is firm and crunchy and has a very low cracking incidence. Size of Burgundy Pearl peaks on 9 row.
Van is a very broad shouldered cherry with fat green stems. Van is one of the parents or grandparents in almost all varieties produced at Jealous Fruits and still has a strong niche following. The crunchy texture of Sweetheart and Staccato is reminiscent of a well grown Van. Estimated peak sizing is 9 and 9.5 row with some 8.5 as well. Availability of this classic cherry is very limited. Estimated harvest date is July 14th to 17th.
As part of our ongoing variety development program, we are also planting a small number of test trees this spring, including several numbered cultivars from the Summerland breeding program.
End of 2011 Season
September 8, 2011
The 2011 cherry season has now drawn to a close with the last of our cherries currently enroute to their final destinations. Our customers truly span the globe, with sales throughout Asia, Europe, UK, Canada, and the USA, and lesser volumes of our fruit also finding homes in far flung destinations such as Russia, India and Dubai.
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Staccato
August 22, 2011
The 2011 cherry harvest continues on schedule. We are enjoying excellent cherry weather with daily highs in the 28C to 30C range and pleasant cool evenings. This season, we are harvesting our first large scale crop from our high elevation Cholla Hills site.
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Sweethearts
August 12, 2011
Thank you to our customers for your loyal support. Our 2011 Lapins harvest is almost complete and harvest is beginning of our always popular Sweetheart Cherry.
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Lapin Season!!!
August 4, 2011
This year's Lapin harvest is now underway. The fruit has a beautiful, firm, crunchy texture and is peaking on 8.5 and 9 row.
The stems are particularly plump and green.
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Crop Update
July 27, 2011
This year's harvest is well underway, and the team at Jealous Fruits is back into the swing of another cherry season. Very little rain was experienced during the July 25 storm.
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Crop Update
July 13, 2011
We are patiently waiting for harvest to begin and are anticipating Satin, Sandra Rose & Van varieties to start early to mid next week. We are now experiencing beautiful, warm weather after a cool, late spring.
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Crop Update
June 23, 2011
Blossom season was later this year as a result of a long, cool, winter. As a result we are approximately seven to ten days behind our normal harvest dates.
We experienced enough warm weather during blossom to make for a good crop set and the cherries are now at the green fruit stage.
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Spring Update
May 12, 2011
We are rapidly approaching another cherry season, and all of us at Jealous Fruits are busy preparing for our upcoming harvest. Blossom time is here, and most varieties are now just past full bloom in our valley locations.
New 12 lane UNITEC optical cherry sorter
February 28, 2011
This winter has been a busy time at Jealous Fruits! We have recently purchased a new 12 lane UNITEC optical cherry sorter which will be installed for the 2011 harvest season.
Holiday Greetings
December 9, 2010
As the holiday season approaches, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of Jealous Fruits.
We appreciate your business and look forward to a mutually successful 2011 cherry season.
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