date:Jul 24, 2012
d that we may not have enough legal workers to get it all picked.
Prices are likely to be high as the other top apple growing states - Michigan and New York - have been affected by drought and the apples are likely to be in short supply.
West Mathison, president of Wenatchee's Stemilt Growers, a family-owner fruit grower, packer and shipper, said he's going to wait until the harvest before he's satisfied that this year will bring a record crop. There has been weather damage in recent weeks, fr