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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

Are your buyers likely to want a quantity of fruit to bottle, or just 
a quart basket to eat as they drive?

I went to a US orchard, probably in Oregon, and bought cherries.  It 
was so long ago I can't remember whether it was U-Pick or not.  What 
I will always remember is the nailbelt that punched the stones out of 
a big bucketful of cherries spread out on a surface with dimples and 
holes.  What a timesaver!

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Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil