Curtis Orchard owners say apple crop survived cold snap
By Anne Cook
Wednesday April 11, 2007
CHAMPAIGN – Fans of Curtis Orchard's Honeycrisp apples will be happy to know they're going to be OK.
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith and Arkansas Blacks – a popular variety that's rare in Illinois – also weathered recent frigid temperatures well, said Randy Graham, an owner of the Champaign orchard who has spent sleepless nights the past week monitoring digital thermometers, checking about 50 heaters and stoking eight fires to keep his crop alive.
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