Shriveled and burned

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UPDATED: Wed., July 28, 2021

The summer’s high temperatures have affected cherry growers throughout Eastern Washington, as evidenced by these Sweetheart cherries seen shriveled before they could be harvested. Varieties picked earlier in the season fared better than those picked later in the summer. Impacts to the apple crop will become more clear in August when the harvest begins.

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Sunburned apples hang from a tree Thursday in an orchard north of Brewster. High temperatures and bright sun this summer have damaged part of the state's apple crop, but it won't be clear until harvest how much fruit has been destroyed.

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Sweetheart cherries, some shriveled by extreme heat, hang from a tree Thursday in an orchard north of Brewster. High temperatures can damage cherries, especially when the fruit is more exposed on the edge of an orchard or in the top of a tree.

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Wildfire smoke blurs rows of apple trees seen in the distance Thursday south of Brewster.

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Apples, some sunburned, grow from a tree Thursday in an orchard north of Brewster.

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Apple trees grow along the Columbia River on Thursday east of Brewster. Thick wildfire smoke makes it difficult to see land on the other side of the Columbia.

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Apples dangle from a tree Thursday in an orchard east of Brewster. Wildfire smoke obscures the town in the distance.

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