Pick Fruit From the Tree & Make a Pie

“From June 30, 2008: We made our annual trip to Westmoreland Berry Farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia and picked sour (pie) cherries, blackberries, red raspberries, and black raspberries. I had never seen a cherry tree before and I was amazed at the sight of thousands of red cherries hanging from the trees…..absolutely beautiful. We picked enough cherries for a pie. This was the first time I have ever made a cherry pie from fresh cherries. It was delicious and especially good with vanilla ice cream. The cherries were so juicy and when mixed with the filing ingredients, there was too much juice to fit into the pie crust (plus, I was afraid all the juice would make the pie too soggy), so I strained off some of the juice.”