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Sunnyvale’s last cherry orchard yields

September 10, 2000 in cherry /by cjolsoncherries

Crop yields have been in the pits, causing Sunnyvale’s cherry orchards to disappear one by one. Now the last one may soon be uprooted by apartments. The Olson family, owner of the C.J. Olson Cherries orchard, is weeks away from closing negotiations with an undisclosed developer. Target Stores had been negotiating for the site at […]

A fruitful legacy: Charlie Olson, Sunnyvale’s longtime cherry farmer

September 9, 2000 in cherry /by cjolsoncherries

At just 6 months old, Charlie Olson was already an active farmer in Sunnyvale orchards. His mother would pull him, tucked inside a 3-foot-long prune box, alongside her as she tended to the prune orchards. He doesn’t remember it, but plenty of close family friends have shared the memory with him. For four generations, the […]