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Split cherries amongst leaves.

woman standing between cherry trees.

"As the cherry develops and gets its sugars, they're exploding."

Split cherries on a tree.

Woman looking at cherries.

"The most significant cost is picking and packing … so we did the numbers and it didn't pay us to pick those varieties that were so affected."

man looks through cherry bin

"It's been the worst I've seen in such a short space of time, [and] what made it more severe was the high humidity, and high temperatures,"
he said.

Person holding split cherries.

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