Apple Shortage Looms

Prices Likely To Rise Since Late Frost Put Freeze On Growth

Posted: July 9, 2012

By CANDACE SIPOS

Gala apples ripen in Turkey Knob’s apple orchard in Timberville on Thursday. Jaime Williams, president of the orchard, expects this year’s yield to be about 15 percent smaller than a typical harvest. (Photos by Justin Falls)
Gala apples ripen on the trees in the Turkey Knob apple orchard in Timberville on Thursday.
Gala apples ripen in Turkey Knob’s apple orchard in Timberville on Thursday. Jaime Williams, president of Turkey Knob, said New York officials have estimated a roughly 50 percent reduction in that state’s apple yield for 2012.

HARRISONBURG— Consumers might soon start noticing a trend in grocery stores and markets: higher prices on apples and food items made from them.

Growers predict that significantly fewer...



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