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Leelanau and Michigan growers are readying to harvest what might be another record-breaking crop. Here some apples appear ready for the taking on the Skeba farm in Bingham Township. Photo courtesy of Kate Bardenhagen
Leelanau’s “other fruit,” the one that plays second fiddle to cherries until fall, may be in for a similar harvest result.
Weak demand. But unlike tart cherry orchardists, apple growers in the county are upbeat about their chances for overcoming any falloff in pricing by producing more and tastier fruit.
With apple picking set to begin next week in some Leelanau orchards, growers say that a…