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Unusual weather great for Colorado's peaches

In Mesa County, Colorado, residents are used to sunshine almost every day of the year, but recent rains have been great news for the peaches, apricots and cherries at Morton's Orchards. 

"Weather right now is perfect,” Dave Morton said. “It's watering the orchard right now for us."

The flowers are gone and the little baby peaches are not even about the size of a finger nail. Morton said it takes a lot of work to get them to grow to the big juicy size that everyone knows and loves.

"Probably all of us will work more than 80 hours a week for the next four months," Morton said.

The extra work includes monitoring the temperature and turning heaters on in the orchard if it gets too cold.

"If it’s below 32, like 31 you lose 10 percent of your crop every hour," Morton said.

“The past three weeks a couple of really long nights it got cold and the whole valley heated, but for the most part everything’s been ok,” orchard manager Brennon Ancell said. “We’ve been able to keep it warm and if we can make it through the next couple of weeks we should be fine.”

Morton said the fruits are scheduled to ripen right on time. The cherries will be ready first starting the second week of June. His peaches will be ready by the end of June and his crop will last until September. 

Source: nbc11news.com
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