Here some information about the cherry harvest.
 Our Plant in operation for a little over a week.
Here is one of our
cherry shakers  
it goes up to the
tree and on the
front of it   has a
clamp that will
clamp on to the
tree and shake it.  
 
Here the shaker has
the has the wings
out and is shaking
the cherry off the
tree it takes around
one or two minutes  
to get the cherries
off the tree.
This is the cooling pad
where the cherries  
are brought after
being loaded up on the  
truck from the
orchard.  Here this is
where the tanks where
the leaves are
removed and where
there cooled down  
and iced down and sit
till there ready to  
be processed.
The cherries are being dumped into a tank.
There is a belt that will take them out of the  
tank and move them though the destemmer  
and the eliminator than they are brought into  
cherry factory.
 
Then the cherries go though the
pitters and than they go thought the  
sorters. They make it to the belt  
where they are sorted out than.
Then the belt takes the cherries to  the filler
for the containers 25 Lbs buckets.  The
Bucket are filled with 25 pounds of cherries
and they are also filled with  
5 lb of sugar. They are put on a skid and
wrapped with plastic. Then they are trucked
to a cold storage unit for storage, they are
for sale to food processors.  
We also have pick your cherries. In July and August.  It all depends on if the cherry
season is early or later it best to give a call to see when the cherries will be ready.
The Tart Pick your own orchard is behind the store.  Sweet cherries for pick your own is down at the hut,
we also have tart cherries for pick your own there also.
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