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Crop Frost and Dry Spell Limit 1963 Pennsylvanian Harvests
Lancaster Farming reports light rains fail to end a long dry spell hindering haying and pastures across the state. Frost on May 24 damaged vegetables fruit potatoes tobacco and cherries, with apples and strawberries hit in Berks Lehigh and Franklin York areas. Early corn and potatoes are being cultivated, asparagus and peas progressing, and harvests due in about two weeks.
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Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
South Central
Baxley
Berks-Lehigh
Franklin, Adams, York
Erie County