Despite or perhaps because of the unusually wet spring and some other factors, we could see a bumper crop of blueberries and apples this year.
"We had a mild winter; we've not had a late spring frost like we've had in the last few years, and we have had ample moisture in the soil to allow those crops to enlarge," said Marvin Pritts, a horticulture professor at Cornell University.
Strawberries are a bit more vulnerable to heavy rain, Pritts said, but most local growers are happy with this year’s harvest.
"Strawberries are a little softer and sometimes can get a little moldy, but blueberries have that nice, waxy protective layer on the skin and the water sheds off and they love this rain. The blueberry crop this year could be one of the best we've ever had."
The local blueberry season is expected to start in a little less than two weeks.
Pritts says the only things apple growers have to worry about are hail storms or other damaging weather, but otherwise, local apples should be abundant this year.