Door County’s cherry output isn’t what it was in the heyday of the 20th century, but the fruit still defines that enticing Wisconsin peninsula.
Cherries are blended into a couple of the cheddar varieties made by Renard’s Cheese. (Jon Jarosh/Door County Visitor Bureau, HANDOUT)
During harvest season, cherries are sold at roadside stands and markets throughout the Door County peninsula. (Jon Jarosh/Door County Visitor Bureau, HANDOUT)
Dale Seaquist, 82, is patriarch of a family that has been growing cherries in Door County for more than a century. (Jon Jarosh/Door County Visitor Bureau, HANDOUT)
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The Wildwood Market just north of Sister Bay is in an old barracks that housed German POWs during World War II. (Jon Jarosh/Door County Visitor Bureau, HANDOUT)
Pails of freshly picked cherries sit in a Door County orchard. Tourists can pick their own fruit for about a dollar a pound. (Jon Jarosh/Door County Visitor Bureau, HANDOUT)
Cherry pie filling is among the wide variety of products sold by Seaquist Orchards, Wisconsin’s largest producer of cherries. (John Nienhuis/Door County Visitor Bureau, HANDOUT)
These prisoners of war are working the soil at Martin Orchard in Door County. (Wilmer Schroeder/ Door County Historical, HANDOUT)
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A young girl picks and eats cherries at Orchard Country Winery & Market near Fish Creek in Door County. (Jon Jarosh/Door County Visitor Bureau, HANDOUT)