Some of Young's first cherries of the season have been picked

About 30kg of Early Sweet Variety cherries were put on sale at Ballinaclash Wines and Fruit.

Owner Cath Mullany said it was exciting.

"The excitement is what's so nice. Our first customers were rotary exchange students from Orange, one from Germany, France, Belgium and Finland. They'd never had Australian cherries before. There is this buzz, which is really nice," she said.

Ned Mullany expects the season to be in full swing within the next two weeks.

He said a string of warm days has brought on an earlier than usual start to the cherry season in Young.

"It's only going to get bigger and bigger from now in terms of fruit that we bring in. I'd say by mid-November we'll be full on," he said.

"You'll blink and there'll be a dozen stores open on the side of the road. If this heats persists, which is normal for this time of year, it's amazing what you can see a cherry do in a 24 hour period."

Ned was pleased with the quality and size of the early cherries they picked, and is confident the season will be a successful one.

"We can't complain, given the past 24 months we've had with everything so dry. They're not thumpers but that being said, we have irrigation, which helps, so we can still thrive and pull off a nice decent size cherry," Ned said.

"Our set [yield] will really help this season. It's no more than a medium set, some blocks might even be light. In a normal year you might be slightly disappointed. But, because it is dry there's only so much water and energy reserved to put into fruit, so you're not going to get that quality [with a high yield]. So the set on the cherries is perfect for the season we've come into and come off," he said.

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