Apple Fest Still Success for Orchards Despite Crop Shortage
The drought reduced crop yields at apple orchards in Bayfield some as much as 40%.
BAYFIELD, Wis.- The drought reduced crop yields at apple orchards in Bayfield some as much as 40%, so many orchard stands offered fewer apple products at Apple Fest than in years past. “Usually every year we make around 8,000 caramel apples but this year we were only able to do 5,000,” said Madison Gingras, working at the Apple Hill Orchard…
