Will smoke from Canadian wildfires be gone before apples start turning color?
Canada has been fighting wildfires across the country. “While it’s very early in the season, they are present in Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, and the West,” says Ken Lyons with Blue Mountain Fruit Company. The wind is blowing the smoke down, hovering the Northeast of the United States. “The presence of smoke has caused some concerns on the color of apples,” commented Lyons.
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