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“I’d say it (the frost) got 20 percent of the peaches, we have about 80 percent of what we usually have and it got over 50 percent of the nectarines. But it wiped out the pears. There is maybe 20 percent of the normal pear crop (we normally get) and they are so scattered <-i~ no one will pick them.” :ii-~
Mr. Jenkins has four acres in pears, two in nectarines, 26 in apples and 10 or so in peaches.
“We’ve probably lost 10 percent of our crop overall,” he said.
Mr. Hutcheson said the natural predators that annually consume a percentage of the crops are more of a problem this year due to the loss they’ve already suffered.
“Deer and bear come in every night,” he said. “Bears love peaches. The trees next to the woods, if they have any peaches, won’t after the bears get them.”
He was pleased though that his apples did better than he thought they would. “I think I’ll do pretty well on apples,” he said. “What we lose in one we’ll gain in another. But half of our peaches are gone."
The apples were not in full bloom when the freeze hit and therefore did
92.4%