New Farmer’s Market Opens at Cherrydale in Arlington
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New Farmer’s Market Opens at Cherrydale in Arlington

Eight-year-old Norah Swennes takes a bite out of her peach as her six-year-old brother, Charlie, decides on an apple instead. They are visiting the Cherrydale Farmer’s Market on opening day over the July 4th weekend.

Eight-year-old Norah Swennes takes a bite out of her peach as her six-year-old brother, Charlie, decides on an apple instead. They are visiting the Cherrydale Farmer’s Market on opening day over the July 4th weekend. Photo by Shirley Ruhe.

Saturday, July 10, 2021

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

The first stand in the market does a brisk business with customers lining up to grab up the corn on the cob, “only 25 cents an ear, a real bargain.”

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Cherrydale Farmers Market opens at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 3 at Dorothy Hamm Middle School at 4100 Vacation Lane. This new market joins nine other farmer’s markets scattered across Arlington.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Fifteen stands at the Cherrydale Farmer’s Market spread down the sidewalk outside Dorothy Hammond Middle School on opening day. More vendors are expected to join the group in subsequent weeks. Visitors walk back home down the block carrying bags loaded with tomatoes and beans, goat cheese and salmon or pecans. Kids sit on the grassy hill nearby munching on stuffed pitas, BBQ or a Turkish pastry.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Fourteen-year-old Ciara Dooley helps her father Rich Dooley at the Baguette Republic stand on July 1. They also have a stand at the Lubber Run Farmer’s Market, but since that market is held at the same time on Saturday, the family has split up with fifteen-year-old Ariel and their mother, Lisa Larimer, at Lubber Run. Tiara says she had to be here at 7 a.m. to help her father set up when she usually would be sleeping. “It is kind of hard with everyone coming in at the same time but it’s fun.” She says sourdough bread is the biggest seller here, like at Lubber Run, and they had already sold out of croissants at 9:30 a.m.