From an article in the Ithaca Journal, Strong, unusually sweet N.Y. apple crop credited to ideal summer weather:
“It is a wonderful year for apple quality. Fruit size is good because of the rain we had this season and sugars and flavors developed very well. I think consumers are going to get a wonderful degree of quality apples.” — Susan Brown, associate chair and apple breeder, Department of Horticulture.
“Growing season was great. The quality is very high and it was a pretty heavy crop. We are getting them quickly.” — Eric Schatt, manager at Cornell Orchards, who also noted that the Cornell Orchards retail store opened early this season because of the early harvest.