The Promise of Fruit

Last spring, we had several hard frosts while the orchard was in bloom.  As a result, we had very little fruit come harvest time.  The situation is much different this year.  We have not had a hard frost for three or four weeks, and nothing lower than 40F is forecast for the coming week either.  This has been perfect for the orchard.  We have had very nice blossoms on all of our mature trees, and quite a few on the newer trees, too.  (The picture is of a pear tree planted last year.)  The possibility of frost is not gone, but we may have made it through the critical period.  I'm expecting that we'll have a good fruit harvest this year.