Weather does major damage to Tuttle’s crop; store working with other orchards to meet demand


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It'll be a stretch: Gerald Venne picks part of the small crop of apples at Tuttle Orchards.


GREENFIELD — A favorite fall pastime in Hancock County has been canceled this year thanks to the extreme weather.

But it’s not the record heat and drought that doomed the apple crop at Tuttle Orchards. It was a series of frosty nights in spring that literally nipped the crop in the bud.

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