Department of Industry and Investment Horticulturist, Sean Brindle, said although we have had all sorts of weather, growers are reporting that in general the majority of cherry varieties are looking good.

“The earliest varieties should still be good for the first few weeks in November,”said Mr Brindle.

“It’s hard to predict where we are at the moment, with the cold snap and the wetter weather.

“Growers seem to be satisfied with this year’s crop load, there seems to be a lot of reason for optimism,” Mr Brindle said.

President of the New South Wales Cherry Growers Association, Scott Coupland, said during the past month the colder weather has put about two weeks behind its usual time frame.

“At the moment things are slow but there are plenty of cherries about and hopefully in about two weeks we’ll see some getting out of the district” said Mr Coupland said.