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Apple Annie's Orchard to work with another family-run farm to ensure fruit is available following freeze

You-pick fruit will be unavailable during the summer
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Posted at 9:18 AM, May 04, 2023
and last updated 2023-05-10 09:49:13-04

Apple Annie's Orchard says it will not have you-pick fruit for the summer season after a cold front left many of its crops frozen.

In a Facebook post, Apple Annie's shared that temperatures dropped below 20 degrees for an extended period in April, resulting in the loss.

The cherry and peach crops were completely lost in the freeze while around 90 percent or more of the apple and pear crops were lost.

They tell us that's the largest crop loss at the orchard since opening over 30 years ago.

"We have to fight frost every year," says Apple Annie's Director of Fun, Mandy Kirkendall. "This was just the most frost damage we've ever had. We've lost peaches before but we still had a few or we've lost different crops but it hasn't really been across the board this much before."

Apple Annie's writes that it plans to open as usual in July. They are now looking to work with another family-run farm to ensure they have fruit available.

The vegetable farm was not affected by the freeze.