Most of the fruit grown in the Okanogan Valley is apples but this orchard was selected to grow cherries for export only. Several years ago the market was flooded with an excess of apples and some orchardist didn't even pick their fruit and some orchards were removed. New varieties of apples and other fruit trees were planted. There still is lots of land that sits empty with nothing grown on it. This orchardist chose to grow cherries which is one of our growing businesses.