Dave Smith wrote:
> On 07/08/2011 8:08 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:01:10 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I get there at harvest time, I can buy them by the pail, pitted and
>>> ready for use, and cheaper than buying them by the quart.
>>
>> Lucky you!
>>
>
>
> I am not gloating, but I consider myself lucky to be in a position to be
> able to buy fresh sour cherries.
>
> When we first moved here there was about an acre of sour cherry trees
> across the road. The property was sold to an elderly couple who planted
> a lot of vegetables but the wife got sick and everything was more or
> less abandoned. We had a tradition of the annual stolen cherry pie. I
> would come home from work and make up the pie dough, then go across the
> street and steal enough cherries to make one pie. They were pitted and
> baked immediately. It was always the best pie of the year.

I am going to try planting some of the passé ones.

--
Jean B.