US (ID): Frost wipes out 90% of blueberries
"The real situation was a month ago when we had that beautiful weather, when everyone was just so happy," Pick-N-Patch owner Sam Erwin said. "I’m going this is horrible weather. It brought all the fruit out early."
"Some of the earlier varieties were hurt a lot more,” Erwin said. “We have some that were almost 100 percent lost."
Thankfully Erwin also grows late varieties over 40 acres, thee have fared a lot better, so he will still have some fruit this year.
"Looks like we are going to have a decent crop for "you-pick" and local market," he said.
The area tends to get its last frosts in early May, so Erwin knows he is not necessarily clear of further trouble yet.
"You don’t have a crop here until you pick blueberries. That is when you know for sure you are going to have a crop."
Source: www.wndu.com