Location:   0 Arvin - Warmerdam Packing - Le Grand
Status
Sample
Date		 Loc/Root Number Ripens  Before/After Glenred  Type Skin/Flesh  Harvest Size  Harvest Size mm  2021 Crop l m g h  Brix  Skin Color 1-5  Juice Color 0-5  Firmness m f vf  Stem Length s m l  Stem Thickness thn m thk Stem Attach w m s  Cracks 0-5  Dbl/Spur  0-5  Sutures 0-5  Sluff 0-5  Shape S=Seq  Flavor Comments
        Seq: 5/8 ?                                      
R6 T5 4/30 WP 11B87 5/2 -8 R/R 9 30 m 23 4 4 f m m vg 0 0 1 0 S Sweet & sour Earliest, largest, firmest at WP this week.  Sweet but tart flavor.
R5 T17 4/30 WP 10B2 5/4 -6 R/Pk 9.5 28 vg 25 2 2 m l m vg         S   Probably next week for picking.  Mild flavor
R3 T1 4/30 WP 0C780 5/5 -5   9.5-10 27 h 18-22 4 4 f m-s m g         S   Next week.  Over cropped.
                                               
                                               
Notes:  These 3 varieties are ahead of Early Glen, Arvin Glen and Glenred (Sequoia) this year.
Notes from Arvin:  Picking on 4/30 is going full speed with good crops and large sizes on Glenearly and Arvin Glen (40% 8 row or 33mm).
13B291 is very good in Arvin - earlier and bigger than Glenearly.  13B164 had rain cracks and became soft.  0B142 looked nice and is with Arvin Glen.
Location:   0 Arvin - Warmerdam Packing - Le Grand
Status
Sample
Date		 Loc/Root Number Ripens  Before/After Glenred  Type Skin/Flesh  Harvest Size  Harvest Size mm  2021 Crop l m g h  Brix  Skin Color 1-5  Juice Color 0-5  Firmness m f vf  Stem Length s m l  Stem Thickness thn m thk Stem Attach w m s  Cracks 0-5  Dbl/Spur  0-5  Sutures 0-5  Sluff 0-5  Shape S=Seq  Flavor Comments
        Seq: 5/10 WP                                      
R6 T5 5/5 WP 11B87 5/2 -8 dR/dR 9 30 l-m 24 4 4 f m th m 0 0 1 0 S Swt & Tart Very nice product, EARLY, but the flavor is Sweet & Sour.
R5 T37 5/5 WP 14C372 5/5 -5 dR/R 9 30 m 2 5 5 m m m g 0 1 0 0 0 Excellent Commercial quality comparable to Glen Early - fairly short stem.
R3 T1 5/5 WP 0C780 5/5 -5 dR/dR 9.5 28 h 20 4 4 f m m m 0 4 3 0 S Very good Firm, but too many doubles and spurs - not commercial for CA.
R5 T17 5/5 WP 10B2 5/7 -3 lR/lR 9 30 vg 25 2 2 f l m s 0 1 1- 0 S Excellent Excellent quality except only light red in color.
R3 T5 5/5 WP 1B270 5/8 -2 dR/R 9 30 g 23 4 3 f m th s 0 0 2 0 S Excellent Very nice this year - a few small shoulder sutures, but not culls.  
Glenearly 5/5 KO 16C199 5/7 -3 dR/dR 8.5-9 31 m 25 4 4 f m m g 0 0 0 0 S Excellent Kingsburg Orchards Commercial Block.  Excellent firmness, flavor and size.
Notes:  This year the crop in California is heavy.  Also, the relative ripening times of our varieties with respect to Sequoia (Glenred) vary quite a lot between 
Arvin (furtherest south and earliest), Hanford (2 hours north of Arvin and next earliest) and Le Grand (another hour north and latest).
Also thrown into the mix is the Dormex applications, rootstocks, and John Warmerdam's DC Tech, which has moved harvest times much earlier.
Notes from Arvin:  Bruce Frost is 2/3 finished picking at the moment.  His Arvin Glens were the earliest, Glen Early two days later, and Sequoia two days after that.
He is delighted with the quality of all three of those varieties with very nice sizes.
In his test block:  0B142 looked outstanding and was harvested with Arvin Glen.  13B291 a real winner.  13B164 not commercial quality.
Notes from Warmerdam Packing in Hanford:  Difficult to compare apples to apples, as the Dormex timing and DC Tech are major factors (John's Sequoias are 80% finished using both).
Without DC Tech, Glen Early will start 5/7 with very nice quality this year.  Sequoias are starting up soon in several blocks.  Arvin Glen is about 4 days after Sequoia 
this year in Hanford.  Glen Heart has moved up by about a week from where we thought it ripened to harvest very close to Sequoia.  
See the above evaluations in the Warmerdam Packing test block and one commercial block of Glenearly at Kingsburg Orchards.
Location:   0 Arvin - Warmerdam Packing - Le Grand
Status
Sample
Date		 Loc/Root Number Ripens  Before/After Glenred  Type Skin/Flesh  Harvest Size  Harvest Size mm  2021 Crop l m g h  Brix  Skin Color 1-5  Juice Color 0-5  Firmness m f vf  Stem Length s m l  Stem Thickness thn m thk Stem Attach w m s  Cracks 0-5  Dbl/Spur  0-5  Sutures 0-5  Sluff 0-5  Shape S=Seq  Flavor Comments
        Seq: 5/14 LG                                      
  5/09 LG 14C372 5/5 -9 R/R 9 30 vg 18 4 3 m m- th g 1 1 0 0 S good A few spurs and very few skin tears.
  5/09 LG 10B2 5/7 -7 mR/mR 9.5-10 28 vh 22 3 2 m vl m vg 0 0 0 0 S very good Light red skin and juice color.  Very nice, mild flavor.
  5/09 LG 41P30 5/9 -5 dR/R 10 26 m 22 4 2 vf l m m 0 0 0 0 S outstanding Baby tree with rock hard firmness and superb flavor!
52P1026 5/09 LG 13B291 5/9 -5 dR/R 9 30 m 25 4 3 f m-l th vg 0 0 0 0 S excellent Clean!  Some overcropped trees.
  5/09 LG 40P58 5/10 -4 R/R 10 26 m- 23 4 3 f vl m vg 0 0 0 0 S very good Baby tree from last year.  Nice quality again!
Notes:  Heavy crops on most varieties this year in Le Grand.  13B291 is looking very good, 13B164 was light cropped and soft in Arvin, 41P30 looks very exciting again.
Notes:  13B291 and 13B164 are undercropped at the WP test block from heavy budcutting, but both are showing very good quality.
Notes from WP:  Glen Early (16C199)  and Glen Heart (41P872) are finished at Kingsburg Orchards with Arvin Glen (16C99) to be picked Wednesday.
Date:  5/12 Showing at WP 0 Arvin - Warmerdam Packing - Le Grand
Status
Sample
Date		 Loc/Root Number Ripens  Before/After Glenred  Type Skin/Flesh  Harvest Size  Harvest Size mm  2021 Crop l m g h  Brix  Skin Color 1-5  Juice Color 0-5  Firmness m f vf  Stem Length s m l  Stem Thickness thn m thk Stem Attach w m s  Cracks 0-5  Dbl/Spur  0-5  Sutures 0-5  Sluff 0-5  Shape S=Seq  Flavor Comments
        Seq: 5/10 WP                                      
Show 5/12 WP 13B164 5/8 -4 dR/dR 9 30 l 25 4 4 f m m g 0 0 1 0 S Ex. Flv Not ready, very light crop.
Show 5/12 KO 16C99 5/7 -3 dR/dR 8.5-9 31 m 25 4 4 f m m g 0 0 0 0 S Excellent Kingsburg Orchards Commercial Block.  Excellent firmness, flavor and size.
Show 44328 WP 13B291 5/10 -2 R/R 9.5 28 l 21 4 3 vf m m g 0 0 1 0 S   Light crop after heavy bud cutting.
Show 5/12 WP 0B142 5/12 +0 dR/dR 9 30 h 23 4 3 f m m g 0 0 0 0 S Excellent Very nice in Hanford, excellent in Arvin.
Show 5/12 WP 14C225 5/12 +2 dR/dR 9 30 g 25 4 4 vf m m m 0 2 1 0 S Ex. Flv Crunchy, very firm.
Notes:  This year the crop in California is heavy.  Also, the relative ripening times of our varieties with respect to Sequoia (Glenred) vary quite a lot between 
Arvin (furtherest south and earliest), Hanford (2 hours north of Arvin and next earliest) and Le Grand (another hour north and latest).
Also thrown into the mix is the Dormex applications, rootstocks, and John Warmerdam's DC Tech, which has moved harvest times much earlier.
Notes from Arvin:  Bruce Frost is 2/3 finished picking at the moment.  His Arvin Glens were the earliest, Glen Early two days later, and Sequoia two days after that.
He is delighted with the quality of all three of those varieties with very nice sizes.
In his test block:  0B142 looked outstanding and was harvested with Arvin Glen.  13B291 a real winner.  13B164 not commercial quality.
Notes from Warmerdam Packing in Hanford:  Difficult to compare apples to apples, as the Dormex timing and DC Tech are major factors (John's Sequoias are 80% finished using both).
Without DC Tech, Glen Early will start 5/7 with very nice quality this year.  Sequoias are starting up soon in several blocks.  Arvin Glen is about 4 days after Sequoia 
this year in Hanford.  Glen Heart has moved up by about a week from where we thought it ripened to harvest very close to Sequoia.  
13B291 and 13B164 looked very nice in quality at WP, but the crops were light due to heavy bud cutting.
See the above evaluations in the Warmerdam Packing test block and one commercial block of Glenearly at Kingsburg Orchards.
Date:  5/17 Showing at LG Glen Best 0 Arvin - Warmerdam Packing - Le Grand
Status
Sample
Date		 Loc/Root Number Ripens  Before/After Glenred  Type Skin/Flesh  Harvest Size  Harvest Size mm  2021 Crop l m g h  Brix  Skin Color 1-5  Juice Color 0-5  Firmness m f vf  Stem Length s m l  Stem Thickness thn m thk Stem Attach w m s  Cracks 0-5  Dbl/Spur  0-5  Sutures 0-5  Sluff 0-5  Shape S=Seq  Flavor Comments
        Seq: 5/15 LG                                      
                                               
2ND LOOK
2020		 17-May LG 41P30 9-May -6 dR/R 10 26 m 22 4 4 vf vl m m 0 0 0 0 S outstanding Baby tree with rock hard firmness and superb flavor!  CRISP for 2 weeks.
2ND LOOK
Comm		 17-May LG 13B291 9-May -6 dR/R 9 30 m 25 4 4 f m-l th vg 0 1 0 0 S excellent Clean!  Some overcropped trees.  Spectacular quality everywhere.  Firm two weeks - OUR BEST EARLY CHERRY.
2ND LOOK
2020		 17-May LG 40P58 10-May -5 R/R 10 26 m- 23 3 3 f vl m vg 0 0 0 0 S very good Baby tree from last year.  Nice quality again.
                                               
2019 17-May LG 11B250 15-May 0 dR/R 9.5 28 vh 22 4 3 f vl m m 0 0 0 0 S very good Semi-freestone.  Overcropped, very long stem.
2019 17-May LG 12B187 15-May 0 R/Pk 9 30 g 24 3 2 f l th m 0 0 0 0 S Good Long, thick stem.
NEW 17-May LG 50P1072 15-May 0 R/R 9 30 vg 25 3 2 f m m s 0 0 0 0 S very good Very nice quality, medium red color.
NEW 17-May LG 19C174 17-May 2 dR/dR 8.5-9 31 m 27 4 4 f m th s 0 0 0 0 S Excellent Huge size, firm, thick stem - excellent.
NEW 17-May LG 17N907 17-May 2 R/Pk 9 30 m 21 3 3 f m m s 0 0 0 0 S Very good Large, firm, ex. quality - medium dark red skin.
2020 17-May LG 10B244 17-May 2 dR/dR 9 30 vl 26 4 4 f m th s 0 0 0 0 S Excellent Semi-freestone.
2017 17-May LG 51P979 17-May 2 Rain/Y 8.5-9 31 g 21 Rain. 1 f l th s 0 0 0 0 S very good Early Rainier type:  Huge size, firm, long & thick stem, good attachment, nice flavor.  Ripens 5 days before Rainier.
Test WP                                              
NEW 17-May LG 50P837 15-May 3 R/Pk 8.5-9 31 m 23 3 3 f l m m 0 0 0 0 S Excellent Very nice quality, medium red color.
Notes:  Heavy crops on most varieties this year in Le Grand.  13B291 is still looking very good on the tree, 13B164 was light cropped, 41P30 looks very exciting again.
Notes:  13B291 and 13B164 are undercropped at the WP test block from heavy budcutting, but both are showing very good quality.
Notes:  Lots of new, very exciting, varieties that ripen with Sequoia (44P1238) with better size, firmness, and stems.
Date:  5/18 Showing at WP Glen Best 0 Arvin - Warmerdam Packing - Le Grand
Status
Sample
Date		 Loc/Root Number Ripens  Before/After Glenred  Type Skin/Flesh  Harvest Size  Harvest Size mm  2021 Crop l m g h  Brix  Skin Color 1-5  Juice Color 0-5  Firmness m f vf  Stem Length s m l  Stem Thickness thn m thk Stem Attach w m s  Cracks 0-5  Dbl/Spur  0-5  Sutures 0-5  Sluff 0-5  Shape S=Seq  Flavor Comments
        Seq: 5/15 LG                                      
2017
Test WP		 5/17 LG 51P979 5/17 +2 Rain/Y 8.5-9 31 g 21 Rain. 1 f l th s 0 0 0 0 S very good Early Rainier type:  Huge size, firm, long & thick stem, good attachment, nice flavor.  Ripens 5 days before Rainier.
Show 5/18 42 0B142 5/16 +6 dR/R 9.5 28 vg 26 4 3 f m th m 0 1 2 0 S Excellent Crunchy, very firm, commercial quality.
Notes:  51P979 is huge, earlier than Rainier by about 4 days, firm, long & thick stem, good flavor.  It did have a minor amount of scuff on the yellow areas on some fruits, but it has been windy.
Date:  5/24 Showing at LG Glen Best 0 Arvin - Warmerdam Packing - Le Grand
Status
First
Sample
Date		 Loc/Root Number Ripens  Before/After Glenred  Type Skin/Flesh  Harvest Size  Harvest Size mm  2021 Crop l m g h  Brix  Skin Color 1-5  Juice Color 0-5  Firmness m f vf  Stem Length s m l  Stem Thickness thn m thk Stem Attach w m s  Cracks 0-5  Dbl/Spur  0-5  Sutures 0-5  Sluff 0-5  Shape S=Seq  Flavor Comments
LAST WEEK:         Seq: 5/17 LG                                      
3RD LOOK
18C410
52P		 Jonsweet IV
5/9		 LG 13B291 9-May -8 dR/R 9 30 m 25 4 4 f m-l th vg 0 1 0 0 S excellent Clean!  Some overcropped trees.  Spectacular quality everywhere.  Firm two weeks - OUR BEST EARLY CHERRY.
2ND LOOK
17C 311		 Jonsweet I LG 13B164 13-May -4 dR/dR 9 30 l 26 5 4 f m th g 0 0 1- 0 S excellent Light crop this year.  Excellent quality.
2ND LOOK
2019		 17-May LG 11B250 15-May -2 dR/R 9.5 28 vh 22 4 4 f vl m m 0 0 0 0 S very good Semi-freestone.  Overcropped, very long stem.  Still firm!  Some very commerical qualityies.
2ND LOOK
NEW		 17-May LG 17N907 17-May +0 R/Pk 9 30 m 26 4 4 f m m s 0 0 0 0 S Very good Large, firm, ex. quality - medium dark red skin.
2ND LOOK
2017		 17-May LG 51P979 17-May +0 Rain/Y 8.5-9 31 g 21 Rain. 1 f l th s 0 0 0 0 S very good Early Rainier type:  Huge size, firm, long & thick stem, good attachment, nice flavor.  Ripens 5 days before Rainier.  NOT SURE ABOUT SCUFFING, acid flavor could be a problem.
THIS WEEK:                                                
2020 24-May LG 19C496 19-May +2 dR/dR 9.5 28 g 23 4 4 m s-m m m 0 0 1- 0 S excellent Very nice quality, a few small sutures.
NEW 24-May LG 40M975 20-May +3 B/dR 10 26 h 24 5 4 vf m m m- 0 0 0 0 S excellent Black, sweet, crisp - rock hard - size?
NEW 24-May LG 12Q410 20-May +3 R/R 8.5 31 g 22 4 3 f l m m 0 0 1- 0 H very good Very nice qualtiy.
NEW 24-May LG 40M720 20-May +3 R/R 9 30 g 24 3 3 vf m th vs 0 0 0 0   good Best STEM ATTACHMENT!  Scalding
NEW 24-May LG 18C231 SA? 22-May +5 dR/dR 9 30 g 21 4 3 f m m m 0 0 0 0 S very good Sub-acid flavor?
2020 24-May LG 12Q1143 23-May +6 R/R 9 30 h 21 4 4 m m-l m m 0 0 0 0 S very good John Warmerdam's favorite last year.  Medium firm this year.