Source: Bill Moss, HENDERSONVILLE LIGHTNING, 4/4/22


Days after the start of spring, apple growers are eyeing a new farm year with the hope that 2021 fades into the rear-view mirror as a bad movie without a sequel. “We’re certainly moving into a very risky part of the season,” said Terry Kelley, the director of Henderson County’s Agriculture Extension Service. “We’re just hoping that we don’t get a repeat of last year. We lost about 70 percent of the crop last year and that’s just not something we can tolerate very many times.”

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