Fruit Grower’s Journal

It was a week ago now.  Temperatures dropped to the mid-20’s or lower, and the effect in some orchards was not pretty.  Site played a major role in how well apple flowers and developing fruits survived. In the southern part of the state, most orchards fared OK.  There was some minor damage, primarily in low [...]

Well, tonight will likely tell the tale.  Will this early spring come to a screeching halt due to a hard frost predicted by morn or will we escape?  I for one am hoping for some of that wind that has battered us the past several days or a bit of cloud cover to hold the [...]