Santa Clara Valley Model T Ford Club

Olson's Cherry Orchard Tour
May 2011

This weekend club members had a number of great events to choose from. The Olson's Cherry Orchard tour brought out six people in 3 T's and 2 A's and Mike and Nadine Camicia came by to see us off. After a short trip Deborah Olson met us in Sunnyvale at the family fruit stand. She told us about the history of her family's farm as we walked to the orchard nearby that her father still tends. Once at the orchard, Deborah shared with us some of the points of growing cherries while we sampled five varieties. Everyone had their favorite. We heard how cherries are processed for marketing and that some varieties are no longer marketed because they are bruised easily. She said they have problems with birds and other critters just like we do with fruit trees in our yard at home. After all our questions were answered we headed back to the fruit stand for some shopping. Yum!

Gary Aslanian

Photos provided by Gary Aslanian and Chuck Christensen

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