Northwest Cherry Challenges Pt 1 Monday Apr 19th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. Like everyone else in the world this past year, including those in agriculture, Northwest cherry growers have seen their share of challenges, from COVID to a frosty spring and other weather-related issues. Northwest Cherry Growers president BJ Thurlby says it’s not been easy … THURLBY … “We’re about half way through bloom. We’ve got, what I consider to be a gorgeous bloom going, but we’ve had, in the last week, a lot of wind and wind doesn’t translate well to pollination because bees don’t like the wind any more than we do.”