Growers See Strong Apple-picking Season In Region

According to the U.S. Apple Association, the six-state harvest is expected to be about 14 percent higher than last year's and 18 percent above the region's five-year average. While things were shaping up nicely overall, Russell Powell, senior writer with the regional trade group New England Apple Association, said some areas, particularly in Connecticut and New Hampshire, experienced dry spells over the summer. Last year's crop was affected by several factors including a higher-than-usual occurrence of a bacterial disease known as fire blight, Powell said, though the 2014 harvest still slightly exceeded the five-year average of about 144 million pounds. Apple-picking is a time-honored fall ritual for countless New Englanders who visit orchards and stroll among the trees, filling plastic bags with the plumpest, juiciest and shiniest apples they can find — often lumbering up ladders to pluck their prizes from the highest branches.

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