Cherries

Growing Quality Cherries

In the U.S. the majority of cherries are produced in the Pacific Coast states of Washington, Oregon and California with the greatest volume of production in the north. The five year average, ending in 2000 shows Washington averaging 86,000 metric tons, Oregon a distant second at 50,000 tons and California at 36,000 tons. The only other significant cherry production region in the United States i...

Tart Cherries at a Glance

Cherries and health: a review.

Cherries, and in particular sweet cherries, are a nutritionally dense food rich in anthocyanins, quercetin, hydroxycinnamates, potassium, fiber, vitamin C, carotenoids, and melatonin. UV concentration, degree of ripeness, postharvest storage conditions, and processing, each can significantly alter the amounts of nutrients and bioactive components. These constituent nutrients and bioactive food ...

Mottle Leaf, a Virus Disease of Cherries '

A graft-transmissible disease of cherry trees herein referred to as mottle leaf is known to have existed in different sections of the Pacific Northwest for the last several years. In 1917 D. F. Fisher photographed ^ cherry leaf specimens collected near Monitor, Wash., which exhibited symptoms similar to mottle leaf. Zeller (8) * reported having observed the disease in 1920 on Napoleon (Royal An...

Detecting Defects in Cherries Using Machine Vision

DETECTING DEFECTS IN CHERRIES USING MACHINE VISION By Patchrawat Uthaisombut This thesis describes machine vision procedures which are able to classify defective cherries from non-defective cherries. Defects can be divided into bruises, dry cracks, and wet cracks. Bandpass lters that enhance the intensity contrast between bruised and unbruised cherries are determined. An optimum combination of ...