Harvest outlook for peaches and apples across Lancaster area
Peach harvest nearly complete with excellent quality and mixed yields. late rains boosted late peaches at one Quarryville farm. Apples show regional variation, with Stayman Winesaps strong but Red Delicious below average. overall prices near or slightly above last year. Pears also finished with good quality and quantity, near prior year levels.
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Lancaster
Quarryville
Pennsylvania
Paul McPherson
Maple Lawn Farms
York County
Lancaster County
Johnston named to committee
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz named Rita Zimmer Johnston of Bethesda Maryland as a grassroots consumer member of the U S Department of Agriculture Advisory Committee on Regulatory Programs. The eight member panel met for the first time in June and the appointment strengthens consumer representation on the panel.
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D.C
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Rita Zimmer Johnston
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Johnston
Department
National Panel of
Consumer Arbitrators
Montgomery County
Maryland
Nazareth College School of Nursing
Rochester
N.Y
Nazareth College
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