A West Michigan fruit ridge grower says this past week’s hard freeze is only the beginning of their seasonal battle with Mother Nature.
“You’re never out of the woods until you put the fruit in the box and it goes to the consumer.”
Fifth-generation apple and sweet cherry grower Fred Rasch tells Brownfield trees were about two to three weeks ahead of normal for the season before a blast of arctic air brought freezing temps and threatened this year’s crop.
