date:May 15, 2017
small hot dry patch in February and March, crops have been receiving cool weather and rain, which is not only ideal for growing, but marketing.
When we get an Indian summer, it can be quite warm in April, it's a bit harder to sell the chestnuts then, because they are a cold winter food, he said. People are more encouraged to eat chestnuts in the cool weather. If you have got hot winds and it's humid, people don't like sitting around and having hot roasted chestnuts.
Chestnuts are at the peak