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In apple farming, a common question is “How is the crop this year?”

As a result of years of experience and dealing with the ups and downs of yearly production, and dealing with good and bad weather, growers have learned to respond both cautiously, while trying to be optimistic. An old Yiddish saying says it best, G.W.W.P., which means ‘God Willing and Weather Permitting!”.