Credit: Doreen G. Howard
My apple crop was decimated by March's 90F heat and a freeze April 3 that destroyed l the flowers on seven of the eight trees in my mini-orchard. One tree, Pixie Crunch, held on to two dozen fruit, and they are delicious.
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