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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Frigid temperatures in early April threatened some fruit crops in Rappahannock County but farmers and agricultural scientists say it will be several more weeks before they can measure the true scale of the damage.
Unseasonable warm days in March brought blooms that put the county’s orchards and vineyards in peril when temperatures dropped for several days around Easier.
Kenner Love, of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Office in the Town of Washington, said peaches and apples were already starting to blossom when the freeze came through.
“We’ve noticed some damage. but we don’t know how much damage,” he said. “It’s kind of a wait-and-see game right now.”
Gustavo Diaz of Sunnyside Farm said peaches at the organic form near Washington were in bloom when the freeze hit, and the crop is probably ruined. The orchard’s cherries are damaged as well, he said.
But Sunnyside’s apples were not yet in bloom, so that crop escaped unscathed, he said.
Roy Alther, owner of Roy’s Orchard near Sperryville, said he has seen damage to the many varieties of fruit he grows. But certain varieties of peaches and apples are most likely to suffer, he said.
Alther said the amount of
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