Warm spell could mark another disaster for fruit trees
By David Brooks
The recent record and near-record high temperatures have the region’s fruit-growers on edge, fearful that a return to cold temperatures might bring a repeat of last year’s disaster, when the peach crop was destroyed.
“I’m almost 70 years old and I’ve been farming since I was old enough to start, and I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Robert Perkins of Autumn View Farm in Pittsfield.
