Where have all the cherries gone?

gazket said :

Cherries from Young are around late November to December. Small cherries at the start and the larger ones from mid to end of season. Cherries this time of year would be imported.

Thank you for confirming the fact that cherries on sale in Canberra this time of year are imported.
In recent years the cherries from Young that are sold in Canberra seem smaller and of lesser quality.
The larger, choice varieties are exported I am informed.
Earlier this year there were late season cherries from Tasmania on sale in some supermarkets. They were superb.

Cherries from Young are around late November to December. Small cherries at the start and the larger ones from mid to end of season. Cherries this time of year would be imported.

Hi Kevin, if you didn’t know already there are a number of Australian sites that sell cherries online.

In December last year I ordered a box from http://www.snowgoose.com.au and also from http://www.thecherry.com.au – I found that the Snowgoose box was similar quality as The Cherry but The Cherry was a lot cheaper and the cherries seemed to be bigger.

Hope this helps for later this year, yum!!

bundah said :

dungfungus said :

There have been some imports selling at Coleworths this week for about $12 a kilo.
I got some which were delicious. I took a look at the box they were in and it appears they are grown in Malaga which is a change from the usual winter cherries from California.
Even when the Australia ones are in season they are rarely below the price of the imported ones. It must be a case of our local market competing with our export market.

Are we talking Malaga, Spain or have they come from the Malaga Markets, Perth who have sourced them from??

Good question.
Being fresh cherries they must have come from the northern hemisphere and I have only seen cherries out of our season from California.
I was aware that cherries are grown in Malaga and as we already receive primary produce from the EC that’s where I am putting my money on.
The Malaga markets in Perth appear to be strictly retail and they would be competing with the big two supermarkets; not supplying them I think.

dungfungus said :

There have been some imports selling at Coleworths this week for about $12 a kilo.
I got some which were delicious. I took a look at the box they were in and it appears they are grown in Malaga which is a change from the usual winter cherries from California.
Even when the Australia ones are in season they are rarely below the price of the imported ones. It must be a case of our local market competing with our export market.

Are we talking Malaga, Spain or have they come from the Malaga Markets, Perth who have sourced them from??

There have been some imports selling at Coleworths this week for about $12 a kilo.
I got some which were delicious. I took a look at the box they were in and it appears they are grown in Malaga which is a change from the usual winter cherries from California.
Even when the Australia ones are in season they are rarely below the price of the imported ones. It must be a case of our local market competing with our export market.

When I was younger, a ‘cherry’ was a persons virginity. This thread has been monumentally disappointing.

Choku By Jo Curtin had them for $10/kg today, grown in Borenore NSW

None on the Federal Highway (Watson to Macs Reef Road) yesterday afternoon.

I bought some for $8 a kilo at the farmers markets (EPIC) on the weekend.

Multiple store selling several varieties were there.