Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 8/12/16

The weather this year has not been kind to fruit. Late frosts in spring, hailstorms and weeks of temporary drought followed by daily thunderstorms have left fruit altered in some cases and in limited availability in others. Earlier this growing season, strawberries took a hit during the spring hailstorms. Whole fields of fledgling strawberries were pummeled by the storms.

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