One of the Largest Cherry Growing Areas in Europe Is in Francs - but the Rain Is Missing: Will the Harvest Be a Waste?

Hiltpoltstein - for weeks hardly any precipitation - this also makes the cherry farmers in Franken fear. Because the smaller the cherry, the lower the price. Does it need artificial irrigation in large style?

The less water the cherries get, the smaller they fall out. And the trade pays according to size, says Jonas Maussner, head of the Fruit Information Centre Fränkische Schweiz in Hiltpoltstein. Even the young trees urgently need rain so that they can not enter and grow. Currently, the cherries are "good to hang," the expert continued. However, in order to grow, they would urgently need water until mid-June. "That's why many are currently on the w…