Extent of damage to Okanagan cherry buds revealed as blossom season arrives

It was feared to be bad but now we are learning the extent of damage this winter's extreme cold inflicted on cherry buds in the Okanagan. Cherry trees would typically be blooming now, but in many orchards—- there are very few blossoms, if any at all - and that is prompting growers to amplify their calls for government emergency funding. Klaudia Van Emmerik reports.

“Everywhere along the branch nothing has opened up, so there will be no fruit here, no fruit there,” said Bal as he pointed to a branch on one of his cherry trees at his Kelowna orchard. “We still have to spend all the money because I’ve heard people tell me like, oh, you got a summer off. That’s not how it works. We still have to go through and spray and do everything. We just won’t harvest.”Bal said that in mid-March, B.C.’s agriculture minister visited his orchard to have a look and discuss the tough situation growers find themselves in.At that time, he requested emergency funding to help soften the blow but to date, there has been no such relief offered.

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