HOLLIS — Fruit growers in New Hampshire faced a challenging year as weather anomalies harmed trees and damaged fruit crops throughout the state. Despite these hardships, growers pressed on and made the best of a difficult year. New Hampshire Fruit Growers Association President Madison Hardy recently shared her thoughts about the season.
The difficulties for growers began in February when a severe freeze affected New Hampshire and other parts of New England. In some places, temperatures dipped to as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit which destroyed most of the state’s peach and plum crops. A second harmful event occurred in early spring when a freeze hit the state in May after trees had bloomed. It was also a very wet year in New Hampshire and while this did not affect fruit crops, it did harm vegetable crops that some fruit growers produce on their farms.
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