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Farming
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But the roadside stands typically get $8-$10 per bushel, although the season isn’t very long.
Contributing to the sense of an industry in decline are the countless acres of old, overgrown apple orchards that aren’t being harvested any more. Mr. Williams estimates that a typical apple tree lasts about 50-plus years before going seriously down hill.
“Some of these [orchards] are not good sites—they’re too steep, on poor ground, or in frost pockets,” he noted. But other old orchards are being revitalized, and with modem varieties that only take a few years to bear fruit, the turn-around time has been reduced dramatically.
Those replanting old orchards, he said, should push up the old trees to remove old root systems, put in grass or corn for a few years, and clean up the field. Then, in a couple of years, new apples will be ready for the picking.
Drought conditions of the past three years have hurt the fruit crop as well, and scorched or killed numerous acres of pastureland. Even with the wet spring, he said, some
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