date:Dec 03, 2013
rebate per bushel for certain varieties.
While most Quebec growers enjoyed a bumper crop, a frosty night in May cut volumes dramatically on sensitive varieties such as cortland and empire for growers near the New York border.
At first we thought everything was fine because the blossoms didnt turn brown, said Danny Boileau, a partner in Jean-Yves Boileau et Fils, Havelock, Quebec, but we quickly realized some varieties were damaged.
Quebecs four traditional varieties of mcintosh, cortland, spa