May 2, 2012

Hard freeze devastating for New York fruit growers

It looks like Mother Nature has dealt a devastating blow to area fruit growers. They say the hard freeze Friday night into Saturday morning could mean that very little fruit will be picked later this year.

The hard freeze of this past weekend is actually a double whammy for farms like De Fisher Fruit Farm in Wayne County and many other orchards. They were hit by a hard freeze in late March.

Bill De Fisher said, “It’s the worst year I’ve ever seen.”

Bill De Fisher has lived his whole life on the farm started by his grandfather in 1933. But right now, the year 1945 is on his mind, the last year a devastating freeze wiped out the area fruit crop. WHEC

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