Mar 31, 2015

West Michigan apple farming looking better than last spring

Last year was tough on Michigan crops. The brutally long, cold winter then cool summer made it tough on fruit growers in particular. 2015 is looking much better.

“We have ten to twenty times the number of flower buds or flower, fruit-let potential on the trees than we need,” says apple grower Philip Schwallier of Schwallier’s Country Basket.

The cool weather has been a positive for apple orchards and, believe it or not, fruit trees do well in winter weather. “We got down to 25 below zero, and that’s okay for fruit trees. They’re pretty resilient, so we aren’t too concerned,” explains Schwallier.

Fox 17 West Michigan

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