1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: If you're into your cherries, you've had a pretty good season. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: I reckon. I've got a tree. As it turns out, 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: it was adopted on my behalf by the team of 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: Electric Cherries who run rewiring and do everything without fossil fuels. 5 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Of course, the Mike Hosking tree has now been harvested 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: and we got six kilos, which is a lot. And 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: those six kilos arrived at my place this morning. Two 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: lots of three, lots of two as in Keilo's Mike 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: Casey's the founder of Electric Cherries, of course, and it 10 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 1: is with us. 11 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: Mike, how are you, good morning, Mike. I'm doing great. 12 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: How are you very well? 13 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: Indeed? And I watched your video this morning. Do many 14 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: people adopt trees? Is this a thing? 15 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: Yeah? So we've got about nine three hundred trees and 16 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: about just over four hundreds and have been adopted by 17 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: New Zealand households Now, which is just a great way 18 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: to connect our farm back to our customers. 19 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: And I got a certificate this morning. It tells you 20 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: about what's going on. 21 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 2: Has it been a good season down here? And since 22 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: my target has been a pretty rough season, and all 23 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 2: honest to we've had a lot of wind and a 24 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: lot of rain and a lot of damaged cherries. So 25 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: I think everyone's sort of a little bit depressed, but 26 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 2: you know, that's farming, and the show goes on, be 27 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: back next season to do better. 28 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: And did the tree you've adopted on my behalf at 29 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: the six kilos? Is that a good crop or a 30 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: crop that will grow or shrink. 31 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: Or what it depends on the season, but a reasonably 32 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: good crop. The problems being you know, those really large cherries, 33 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: those thirty four millimeters ones that you that you talked 34 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: about before that you really love, those are the ones 35 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: that are most susceptible to the weather and the ones 36 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 2: that ended up cracking and just unfortunately couldn't be put 37 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: in the box. So that's the game that we play 38 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: in cherries. 39 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: What have I got then? Because they look big to me? 40 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, so they're a centennial variety. They're probably ranging between 41 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 2: twenty eight and thirty two mil cherries, so still pretty big. 42 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, unfortunately not the absolute biggest of the season, 43 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: which is just a shame. 44 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: Is a size everything or is it? Because I've had 45 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: a couple and the taste, the crunch, I mean, that's 46 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: more important than size or a size everything. 47 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: No, I think definitely the taste in the crunch. I 48 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: guess when we're New Zealand farmers were always striving for perfection, 49 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: and my perfection is that are exactly what you're talking about, 50 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: but as large as we can possibly possibly get. But yeah, 51 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: there's a lot of cherries that are big, and you know, 52 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: with the rain, can be big and soft and they're 53 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: just not going to ship and the last thing we 54 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: want to do is ship our cherries soup to our customers. 55 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: The most I've paid this year was forty eight a kilo. 56 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: Least I've paid as twelve. There's a huge variation depending 57 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: on the time of the year and where it all 58 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: comes from, isn't there. 59 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 2: That's right, depends on the market. One of the biggest 60 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 2: things this year is just with the damage, there's been 61 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: way less cherries on the market, prices have remained high, 62 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 2: So that's one constellation prize this season. So yeah, we'll 63 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: be getting all our prices back from export pretty soon 64 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 2: and comparing that to all our neighbors and seeing how 65 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: we did. But I think overall probably yeah, down a 66 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 2: little bit, but you know, you live to fight another day. 67 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: Super stuff nice to catch up, make go well, Mike Casey, 68 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: who's the founder of Electric cherries, and they do it 69 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: all with you know, without fossil fuels in terms of 70 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: you know, the machines on the vines and stuff. And 71 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: I've had a couple of they're beautiful. So I'm spreading 72 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: the Unfortunately, Sam cartik cherries because he's got the I 73 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: think he's got the same disease my mother's got because 74 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: she can't eat cherries either. So it's obviously a thing. 75 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 1: And I feel isn't it as an intolerance or analogy 76 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: a disease, same thing. It's landing on the moon or 77 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: not landing on the moon. That come on, let's not 78 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: get to the knitty gritty Glynn at the end of 79 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: the day, I see. I mean, when you when you 80 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: can't eat oysters because they're yuck, or you can't tolerate shellfish, 81 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: then people, you know, people aren't that bad that they 82 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: go because it's but cherries. Everyone should be able to 83 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: win on oh fair. 84 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: Mike Casey said that those cheeries you can eat if 85 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: you've got an intolerance, So you would say, wouldn't. 86 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: He Well, there you go, we'll eat them. Sam, go 87 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: start eating them now. I want to see if you 88 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: swell up between now and the end of the news 89 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: and sports. What could possibly go wrong? I could possibly 90 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: go wrong for goodness sake. 91 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 2: For more from the mic Asking Breakfast listen live to 92 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: news Talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 93 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.