May 2, 2012
New York farmers surveying the loss of fruit crops

Some farmers in Wayne County say they’ve lost 100 percent of certain fruit crops because of recent overnight freezes.

"I’ve never seen a spring like this in all the years," says Earl Dittberner who owns a 60 acre farm in the town of Ontario.

The 79-year-old was out surveying his peach trees on Saturday when he discovered almost all of the buds had fallen off his trees. WHAM

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