On 24/10/2012 6:08 PM, Cindy Fuller wrote:

>>> I've always thought that the best area for growing apples is the Hudson
>>> River Valley (where Sheldon lives). Lots of wonderful orchards there.
>>
>> A lot of good apples in Ontario.
>
> And near Lake Ontario in NY. Unfortunately, a freeze decimated the crop
> this year. My mother, who lives near Oswego, was complaining about the
> amount she had to pay for apples.

In the Niagara area the problem was not so much a freeze as it was an
early warm spell. It was so warm that the blossoms came out a couple
weeks early and then when temperatures returned to normal there was a
frost that killed the blossoms. That was followed up by an extremely dry
summer. We have been getting half bushels of apples for $5 from a local
apple farmer. I have no idea what supermarkets are charging for them.