Orchardists probably won’t know the impact of late night and early morning rains on the region’s cherry crop for about a day or so. Oregon State University Wasco County Extension Agent Lynn Long says the Cherry Heights area of The Dalles received less than two-tenths of an inch of rain overnight, while Dufur received a third of an inch. Long says a number of growers have been putting anti-cracking agents on their cherries recently developed by OSU and Washington State University. Long notes many orchardists are in the heart of Bing cherry harvests, with Skeena cherries to follow.