On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:57:32 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:18:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
>
>>
>> The Bing cherries from Washington are glorious this year. They are
>> huge, almost the size of a ping-pong ball, juicy, sweet and almost
>> black in color. I've gotten cherries at Winco and Costco. All
>> cherries were great. Be on the lookout for them
>
>Ah yes. Yet another example of what is sent elsewhere to be sold. I
>bought ordinary sized sweet cherries today. No Winco here, but I'll
>check Costco.

Normally we would be buying cherries etc. within 30 miles of here. We
had a dicey spring that affected the crops. Also, we are making
bedroom communities out of former commercial fruit orchards. I used
to love to go direct to the orchards. It was a nice Sunday afternoon
drive. The orchards had so many varieties of each fruit. The lady
that was in charge of the bushels of fruit would ask if your were
planning to can, freeze or fresh eat a particular fruit. She'd then
recommend one or the other. Apparently some varieties were better
suited for one use or another. (Back-to-school is time for nectarines
which I love.)
Janet US