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percent less than last year, but prices are from 30 to 50 percent higher.
He said that National Fruit is paying from $7 to $7.50 per 100 pounds for juice apples, compared to $5.50 last year. Canner apples are bringing about 30 percent higher, he said, adding that the demand is very strong but there are not enough apples. "I wish I had last year's crop this year," he said.
Like Mr. Lee and orchardist Louis Moore Jr., Mr. Sharp places some of the blame for crop reduction on pollination problems due to the decline of the bee population. "The bees did not do their work," said Mr. Lee. A lot of rain also hurts, said Mr. Sharp, because the apples need a lot of sun to grow big.
Besides being confronted with cool spring weather, explained Eddie Williams of Williams Orchard, the bee population has had a mite problem. The number of wild bees is only 10 to
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