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By MICHELE MAY Rappahannock News Staff Writer
This year Rappahannock orchardists will have to pick twice as many apples to make the same amount of money as last year.
That’s the word from extension agent Birgitt Thornhill who says the drought related sizing problem means it takes twice as many apples to fill a bushel as in other years. Thus, although she says the price per bushel has stayed the same, the orchardist actually suffers a 50 percent reduction in income.
Thornhill reports apples sizing up at approximately 2-2(4 inches. Another problem Thornhill points out is fewer bigger apples for the roadside bins. The crop is sorted by size with only the large ones going to the stands, the rest go to the
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