Warmer temperatures Western New York has been experiencing this early in the year have local fruit farmers on edge.
News 4 visited Becker Farms in Gasport on Saturday. It grows about a dozen different varieties of apples across 35 acres. Its apple blossoms are quite a bit larger than they should be this time of year.
Melinda Vizcarra co-owns Becker Farms. She said frost is the current major concern for the early blossoms, so they’ll be closely watching overnight temperatures. They especially don’t want it to dip below 24 degrees. That’s when they can lose a majority of their crop. Vizcarra explained that right now, they can afford to lose some of the blossoms.
Source: wivb.com
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