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Freeze may affect fruit crops
Late cold snap rolls through area
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Pedestrians walk through wet snow Friday in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The late cold snap dipped south far enough to endanger crops in Bulloch County and the surrounding area - photo by Associated Press
What may be winter’s last gasp – an icy blast of below-freezing temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday nights – may have a harmful impact on fruit crops in Georgia, experts said. "The temperatures (Tuesday) night and those forecasted (Wednesday night) could easily equate to hundreds of millions of dollar in consequences for many of our fruit and vegetable farmers,” said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black. “The early spring that we have been experiencing the last few weeks has led to early blooming of our peach crop and unfortunately the freezing temperatures killed any open flowers and possibly compromised emerging buds.”
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