April frosts reached unusually deep into the Grand Valley, where most of the state’s peaches are grown, The (Grand Junction) Daily Sentinel reported Friday (
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“It’s the worst I’ve seen it,” said James Sanders, of the Palisade Peach Shack, who farms 40 acres of peach trees near Interstate 70. Sanders estimated that he lost 90 percent of his crop this year.
Farmers say it’s too soon to know how much smaller this year’s state peach crop will be. They say there probably will be enough peaches to satisfy in-state demand and that the surviving fruit likely will be bigger and sweeter than usual.
Cherry and apricot buds were almost entirely killed, area growers report. The cold snap also damaged grapevines in the region.
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