Fruit stands sprout along Main Street

Patrick Estes of Colfax holds up a box of raspberries he bought at the IKO stand in north Colfax.

Summer showed its surest signs of arrival over the past week, as temporary stands with buckets of fresh cherries, berries, beans and onions appeared on the Main Street scene in Colfax.

Delayed by a late, wet spring, produce from central Washington and northern Oregon can now be purchased in Colfax.

“We’re late getting here this year because of the late harvest over there,” said Irene Eveland, a vendor from Plummer. “It’s all about a month late this year.”

Vendors have stands on both ends of town,...