Cherries hold on in pre-Christmas heat

Alisha Fogden
December 22 2019 - 5:30pm
FESTIVE FRUIT: Lenswood grower Peter Green in Simone cherries, which he expects will be ready to pick just after Christmas.
FESTIVE FRUIT: Lenswood grower Peter Green in Simone cherries, which he expects will be ready to pick just after Christmas.

Recent heat may cause some concern for the South Australian cherry harvest, but mild weather through spring has set the sector up for "reasonable" yields, according to Cherry Growers of SA executive officer Susie Green.

Alisha Fogden

Alisha Fogden

senior journalist, cropping editor at Stock Journal

Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.

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