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Christina Herrick Posted by Christina Herrick|August 4, 2015

An early apple harvest is expected in Washington state this year as warm summer temperatures and an early start to spring helped speed the season up.

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Apple grower, Charlie de La Chapelle, tells KIMA-TV in Yakima, WA, he expects harvest will be 10 days early and with this early season and water challenges, growers may see smaller-sized apples. La Chappelle says sunburn has greatly affected the Washington apple crop with temperatures exceeding 100°F extending for several weeks.

“We’re expecting a harvest that will be shorter. We won’t have as many apples as we did last year, but we should still have somewhere between 125-135 million cartons, which is still a lot of apples,” Rebecca Lyons, export marketing director for the Washington Apple Commission, told KIMA-TV.

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Christina Herrick is former Editor of American Fruit Grower magazine and Western Fruit Grower magazine, published by Meister Media Worldwide. See all author stories here.