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Rappahannock is preparing to harvest a bumper crop of apples, the largest crop in the history of the county according to orchardists, who add that this year’s crop is the best quality in many a year. While this fruit crop is short in other sections of Virginia and large producing states as New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, Rappahannock is literally rolling in apples. A heavy bloom in the spring which “stuck” signified the possibilities of a large harvest, but you don’t count your apples before they are in storage for too many things can happen in the interim. Nature has a bag full qf tricks. During the early part of the season the elements were kind--rainfall was adequate and the much feared hail storms which are common during May and June did not materialize. Disease and insects were controlled. - Camps made ready according to Health Department specifications await the migratory laborers from Florida who will pick the fruit. These laborers harvest strawberries, beans, potatoes, etc., as they went their way up the coast.
The Summer Rambos are being picked at present with local labor. Some are packed for the fresh fruit market and the remaining go to the pie apple processors. A few Gravensteins and McIntosh are also in the harvest stage.
According to L. J. Kilby of Sperryville, who is an apple broker, the crop is of the best quality and flavor ever and it is packing out 75 and 80%. Some of the apples are small from the acute dry weather blanketing most of Virginia. Rain in Rappahannock has been spotty. H. B. Wood, Jr., reported last week that it rained 3 1/2 inches in one end of his orchard at Woodville and the other end received only 1.8 inches at the same time. Rappahannock has two packing and cold storage plants, an apple juice plant and good cider outlet. This years apple crop should be an economic boost for the county.
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