AM 1240 WJON » apples http://wjon.com Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Minnesota Apple Crop Mostly Survives Untimely Frost http://wjon.com/minnesota-apple-crop-mostly-survives-untimely-frost/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-apple-crop-mostly-survives-untimely-frost/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 01:41:34 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=101794 The sudden cold snap that interrupted Minnesota's warm spring five weeks ago doesn't appear to have been as big a disaster for the state's apple crop as initially feared. The frost bit hard the nights of April 9 and 10 while many trees were blooming unusually early.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minnesota-apple-crop-mostly-survives-untimely-frost/feed/ 0 cogdogblog, flickr Minnesota Warns Against Sending Apples to Western States http://wjon.com/minnesota-warns-against-sending-apples-to-western-states/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-warns-against-sending-apples-to-western-states/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:20:15 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=35705 Minnesota's apple harvest is under way, but officials warn residents who want to send Minnesota Honeycrisps and SweeTangoes west of the Rockies that their shipments might not get there.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minnesota-warns-against-sending-apples-to-western-states/feed/ 0 What a good healthy apple looks like Despite Hail Apple Crop Looking Good [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/despite-hail-apple-crop-looking-good-audio/ http://wjon.com/despite-hail-apple-crop-looking-good-audio/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:02:06 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=29070 For the most part, Minnesota's apple crop is looking good. However, there are some orchards in Central Minnesota that were affected by hail this summer.

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]]> http://wjon.com/despite-hail-apple-crop-looking-good-audio/feed/ 0 Todd Beumer shows an example of an apple damaged by hail