date:Aug 16, 2012
nt pollination and limited impact by the summers high temperatures and dry conditions, the U.S.D.A. said. In Massachusetts, an early spring caused growth to progress ahead of normal and growers in some areas experienced frost damage. Growers reported good conditions for bloom and pollination in the state but suffered from heat stress due to recent high temperatures and dry conditions. In Oregon and Washington, growers reported cool, wet growing conditions that delayed crop progress in some areas