May 02, 2012

New York farmers surveying the loss of fruit crops

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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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