Above: Jim and Robin Seaquist, Kristin and Dale Seaquist at the market in Sister Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.
The Seaquist Family
Dale Seaquist and his son Jim are partners in Seaquist Orchards. Dale's wife Kristintin and Jim's wwife Robin work in the business also. Dale and son Zach are involved in equipment maintenance, fruit harvest and readying the Seaquist Processing plant for the busy harvest season. Jim manages the plant, along with overseeing all aspects of the business entities. Robin manages the business office and Kristintin manages the farm market.
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Cherry Facts
• Wisconsin grows about 5% of the nation’s cherry crop.
• The total U.S. tart cherry crop is 275-400 million pounds of cherries!
• The major variety of tart cherry grown in the U.S. is Montmorency.
• Door County is a great area to raise cherries because the lake tempers the winter winds and cools the orchards in summer.
• Tart cherries are mostly sold frozen or canned.
• Cherry pie filling is the Number One canned pie filling seller in supermarkets
• The U.S. leads the world in sweet cherry production - the total production is about 370 million pounds.
• Most sweet cherries are sold fresh during the summer.
• The most famous sweet cherry variety is the Bing Cherry.
• Seaquist Orchards has the largest acreage of cherries in Wisconsin and processes about 1/3 of the state’s cherries.
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