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Drusilla Banks
Extension Educator, Nutrition and Wellness
Ron Wolford
Extension Educator, Urban Horticulture
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Food Safety & Preservation
October 9, 2010
Pick Your Apples Now!
According to the Chicago Tribune local apple orchards have been picked bare. A warm spring and summer moved up the fall picking season, while some local farmers endured spring freezes that cut their harvests by as much as 40 percent from last year.
Posted by Ron Wolford
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