Apple Crop Looking Weak
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Posted: 10:13 PM Oct 11, 2008
Apple Crop Looking Weak
Agriculture experts say Michigan's apple crop won't be as bountiful this year.
Reporter: Associated Press
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Agriculture experts say Michigan's apple crop won't be as bountiful this year.
Bob Tritton, a district fruit educator with the Michigan State University Extension, told The Detroit News for a Saturday story that the eastern part of the state has a "tremendous crop" this year.
But he notes western Michigan got hit with frost, hurting the crop.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the state's projected harvest is expected to be about 530 million pounds, down from 770 million pounds last year.
The crop was hurt by weather in the spring and early summer, including frost, heavy rain and hail storms.


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