The cherry season only lasts 100 days!
Cherries grow on trees not on bushes.
CherryHill Orchards grow over 30 different varieties of cherries at a number of locations around Victoria and New South Wales allowing us to supply for the entire cherry season (November - February).
The cherry belongs to the family Rosaceae (Roses).
A cherry is not a berry they are a drupe (Flesh or skin surrounding a single stoney seed), they come from the same family as of peaches and plums.
Cherries do not ripen after they’ve been picked.
There are thousands of different varieties of cherries, but only about 10% of varieties are produced commercially.
Different varieties ripen at different times; locations and climate are crucial to having the desired timing of the fruit.
When you purchase cherries there is a strong chance it’s a different variety each time.
Each variety of cherry tastes different!
Some sweet cherry varieties need pollen from another cherry variety to grow fruit but other varieties such as Stella and Lapin are self-fertile.
Bees in springtime are crucial to the cherry production. In spring we have hives placed in the orchard for pollination, they are later removed when the blossom has gone and the bees have finished their job.