Tag: orchards
More help comes for Pa. fruit growers hit hard by spring...
Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Blair, Butler, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Lebanon, Luzerne, McKean and Schuylkill counties are now primary natural disaster areas for the freeze that occurred between April 20 and May 31.
Ohio, Pa. orchards devastated by spring freeze
Severe spring freezes have devastated Ohio and Pennsylvania orchards, causing record-breaking crop losses. After early blooms were destroyed by dropping temperatures, local farmers are facing drastic shortages of apples, peaches and plums.
