date:Jan 18, 2019
Apple production from Washington is down this year.
Washington State seems to be down 25 percent from last year. Its probably some winter injury from earlier but it can linger. You never really know, says Eric Strandberg of Strandberg Farms in Omak, Wa. We were scheduled to have a bigger year this year but it didnt materialize. Trees like to go into bi-annual bearing but even years are usually big.
Strandberg notes that Granny Smith apples are particularly low. Honey Crisp came up just becaus