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Serious crop damage reported after mid-April freeze

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KRIS HOLLAND
FILE PHOTO -- Icicles hang from cherry trees in Johnson Orchard on Summitview Avenue on March 27. Eric Johnson explained that when the dew point and temperatures drop, he turns on a sprinkler system, allowing the ice to insulate his Bing and Rainier cherries at a constant 32 degrees even if the temperature drops below that. “Really, all fruit is susceptible” to the cold weather, he said.


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