HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH BLAKE PARKER AT MITCHELL GROCERY THIS AFTERNOON. HE IS EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMMING CHERRY CROP. HE IS GETTING HIS FIRST CALIFORNIA CHERRIES INTO THE STORES NEXT WEEK. HE PREFERS THE NORTHWEST CHERRIES AND SAID THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE HE WAS GOING TO SWITCH TO NW AS HE WANTS THE BEST. HE IS PLANNING ON RUNNING NORTHWEST CHERRIES AT LEAST EVERY OTHER WEEK AND LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING SOME BACK TO BACK ADS ON CHERRIES AS WELL. HE TRIED CLAM SHELLS ON THE RANIERS A FEW YEARS AGO AND LAST YEAR HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THEM AS THEY DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES FROM THE BINGS WITH A HIGHER RETAIL. HE IS ALSO VERY EXCITED THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE PLENTY OF CHERRIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING JULY 4 ADS. THEY ARE UP TO 200+ STORES WITH VARIOUS BANNERS, WITH FOOD LAND BEING LARGE TYPE SUPERMARKET STORES.