Saturday, May 18, 2002

What's the deal? This is mid-May! This morning, with temperatures in the mid-30's we had a good dose of the white stuff here in Belchertown, central MA, elev. app. 600 ft. The weather was better back in March. These pansies next to my office door can probably hack it, but fruit growers ought to consider this chilly air might result in frost the next couple mornings. In the Berkshire's, apples are still in bloom, although most of the rest of us are in full petal-fall and fruitlets are 4-8 mm. Does frost/freeze affect fruitlets when they are this large? If so, how cold does it have to get? Oh well, next weekend it will probably be 80 degrees! 'Till Monday, JC 3:19:24 PM