Late Freeze Shortens Fall Apple Season For Indiana Orchards

Late Freeze Shortens Fall Apple Season For Indiana Orchards

During what would normally be primetime for Midwest apple-picking, orchards around Indiana are running out of apples early this season following a late spring freeze that obliterated much of the state.
Statewide temperature drops in late April and early May wreaked havoc on the budding, flowering apple trees unable to withstand the cold.

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