Washington cold bites into fruit crops

The Packer's Andy Nelson has coverage here about the cold snap in Washington. From Andy's story:

Temperatures in Washington plummeted below 20 the weekend of April 18-20, endangering crops.And snow and more cold are forecast the week of April 21.Record low temperatures in Yakima were recorded both April 18 and April 20, said Loren Queen, marketing and communications manager for Yakima-based Domex Superfresh Growers.Domex won’t know how extensive damage to its cherry, pear and apple trees is until April 22 or April 23, Queen said April 21.

Here is some coverage from The Yakima Herald from this morning, which indicates the three days of record setting cold have dented some apple orchards by 15% to 20% and some cherry orchards worse than that.