MN apple harvest looks 10 percent higher than 2010
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WINONA, Minn. (AP) - Mike Dekarski, president of the Minnesota Apple Growers Association, tells the Winona Daily News (http://bit.ly/qJQaaz ) the state's apple harvest is expected to be 10 percent bigger than last year's, partly because it's faced less severe weather.
The Department of Agriculture says a cool spring meant a slow start for some orchards, but trees benefited from plenty of rain and sun.
At Southwind Orchards near the southeastern Minnesota town of Dakota, co-manager Lanakay Curtis expects crops around average. He says the Honeycrisp trees may produce a little more and the McIntosh a bit less because of some heavy rain spurts.
Ralph Yates, manager and co-owner of Fruit Acres near La Crescent, says there's potential for a good year if there's no bad weather before harvest.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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