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>>USDA Releases Fall Fruit Production Numbers  
 
 
(Undated) -- Many Virginians are looking forward to cooking with and eating late summer and fall time fruits. Rebecca Hughes gives us a view of this year's crops.

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Before the pumpkin spice craze, fall fruits, including apples were anticipated by many to add to their menus.

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Fleming Gibson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service has the latest numbers on this year's harvest for peaches too.

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He says Georgia and South Carolina's peach crop rebounded fully from last year's decline. He adds that cranberry production is up 1.6%, grape production is up 7.7%, and prodution of pears is down to the lowest U.S. production numbers since 2007.  
 
 
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Posted: 08/23/2024 9:10:08 ET ATL

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