Rainfall, healthy leaves may bring out color
DURHAM — If past banner leaf-peeping seasons are an indication of future years’ color, this year could be a favorable year for New England’s fall foliage season, according to a scientist with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.
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