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New York fruit farms ready for apple picking season, despite drought 02:17. YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y.-- The Labor Day holiday weekend means the opening of apple picking season at many area fruit farms.
He works in New York state's main fruit belt, from Niagara County to Oswego, but stays in touch with people throughout the state. Severe damage can be found in some apple orchards but not in ...
Unlike many fruit trees, figs don’t readily drop their fruit on the ground, where they could attract rats. They require little horticultural expertise to grow. Traditionally, the most labor-intensive ...
Apples in New York are under attack from a new fungus that causes the fruit to rot. While the standard species of apple rot has long been a challenge to farmers, researchers from Cornell ...
New York is the second largest producer of apples, after Washington State. Enjoy the best of what our local orchards have to offer by dining on one of our five favorite apple desserts.
Squirrel Population Boom Frustrates Fruit Growers ... The squirrels wait until his apple crop is nearly ripe to swarm into the trees from nearby ... "I've been here in New York state for 20 years." ...
City grocery-store owners are blasting Big Apple officials for allowing licensed fruit and vegetable vendors on the same block as their shops — in some cases fewer than 30 feet away — e… ...
Kosher supermarket Seasons, which has half a dozen locations in New Jersey and New York, brings in a variety of international fruit ahead of the holiday, including kumquats, lychee, Kiwano melon ...