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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2014-07-23 1:01 AM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 1:48:23 PM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-07-22 4:18 PM, 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
>
>> There are lots of cherries grown around here, and many varieties. I
>> don't recall ever seeing Bings. Cherries are one of those fruits that
>> are so much better freshly picked, so there is no chance of me buying
>> imported Bings when I can fresh cherries from the orchards around the
>> corner from us.
>
> Odd, Bing is a recommended cultivar for Ontario (University of Guelph).
> Those grown in the Sun Parlour were always ripe by July 4.

Recommended? A fact sheet from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food says
it will grow in parts of Ontario, but it also says that production has
been inconsistent in Niagara orchards. We used to get some very dark
cherries from the farm behind us that were similar to Bings. They made
great jam. The people had only one or two trees of that variety and cut
them down years ago.