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But rain is a valuable commodity for orchardists.
“We are expecting a good crop around this area," Alex Sharp, one of several orchardists in Rappahannock, predicted. “The rain creates favorable conditions for next year's crop too.”
Mr. Sharp said even though the rain is good for apples, it causes them to be more susceptible to brown rot. “This is a cosmetic thing,” Mr. Sharp explained, adding that the spot did not affect the taste of the apple or peach.
“The spot comes off with peeling,” he said, adding that later wet conditions can cause problems with harvest, both with apples falling from the tree and pickers not able to get to the apples.
Amissville farmer Manfred Call of Muskrat Farms on Rt. 211 echoed Mr. Sharp’s words saying apples enjoy the wet weather. With all the rain his peaches should be larger, he said, however last year under adverse growing conditions, his peaches were bigger than this year’s crop.
“It's a strange year, this year,” he said.
Mr. Call, whose farm specializes in pick-your-owTn vegetables and fruits, repeats Mr. Stafford’s words by saying the big disappointment this yeir is the hay.
“Hay is alright if it gets rained on once, but it’s ruined if it gets rained on for a week,” he said adding that most of the hay “did not look good this year. ”
“We were not able to get in crops we had planned,” he said with disappointment in his voice, adding that late planting of other crops and cool weather conditions had hampered production so far.
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