Appeal largely failed

The applause 2017 has largely failed.

That reports several growers, writes the Eindhovens Dagblad. In different places in the Netherlands, the yield is two-third lower than normal.

The extremely cold weather of the past period, with even severe frost in the night of 19th to 20th April, has damaged the blossom of many apple trees so that there are almost no apples growing on the trees.