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Image Credit: Submitted/Beth Cavers April 08, 2021 - 7:00 AM Cherry blossoms will burst into life over the next couple of weeks and, for the first time, will stretch all the way from Osoyoos almost to Kamloops. But, just when they can be viewed in each region depends totally on the weather. “It’s notoriously hard to predict,” said David Geen, owner of Coral Beach Farms, the biggest cherry grower in Canada. “It’s temperature-dependent. If you get four or five days i...

February 24, 2021 - 7:30 AM When Beth Cavers grew up in the Okanagan, cherries ripened in late June or early July. That was also the peak time for cherry fruit flies to infest them as much as they could. These days, cherries are being harvested up until late August or even early September and shipped by freighter to coincide with the Autumn Moon Festival in China – with no sign of those pesky fruit flies. “The cherry fruit flies are peaking in the first two weeks of July...