22-10-2012 07:47 AM | USA

Boon expected for Washington apple farmers

First, warm spring weather in the Northeast and Midwest tricked apple trees into budding earlier. Then an untimely frost damaged the delicate blossoms.

For apple farmers in producing states like New York and Michigan, this has been a forgettable year, with severe declines in production of as high as 90 percent.
Full Story : Washington Times