After years of weather damage, Nova Scotia's apple crop is looking good this year

게시됨 2024년 10월 4일

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Nova Scotia apple farmers are experiencing a low-stress growing season, marked by favorable weather conditions and a lack of damaging winds, leading to a good crop of traditional and newer apple varieties. The warm weather, while advancing the crop by about a week, has been beneficial for tourism and agri-tourism activities. Despite a few challenges like late frosts and concerns about crop size, the general sentiment among growers is positive, with the Honeycrisp apples being highlighted as the best ever produced. The Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association emphasizes that while the season has had its stressors, it has been relatively stress-free compared to other years, with only minor issues such as frost damage on Gravenstein apples. Apple picking will continue in Nova Scotia until the end of October, weather permitting.

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After several years of late frosts, too little rain, too much rain, and damaging winds, apple farmers in Nova Scotia finally seem to have had a low-stress year. “Some of the early varieties like Gravenstein had a little bit of frost damage, but the later varieties made it through the frost no problem,” says Andrew Johnson of Willowbank U-pick Farm in Starrs Point, which has about 12 acres in production. He said spring weather was good for both blossoms and bees, leading to good pollination. “We headed into a wet spring and then a dry August, and I would say overall the Annapolis Valley experienced a very good growing season.” Traditional apples like Gravenstein, MacIntosh and Cortland did well, he said. “The newer varieties such as Honeycrisp seemed to really enjoy the heat we had this summer,” Johnson said. “Across the Annapolis Valley the general consensus among farmers is that they’re probably some of the best Honeycrisp that the Valley has ever produced this year.” He said his ...

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