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Pennsylvania's apples might be in higher demand this year.

Tennessee isn't the only Southern state seeing a drought. Many of our neighbors are also feeling the burn.

"South Carolina lost 95 percent of their peaches, is what we were told. That's why the price is driven up," Fox says. "They'll see prices driven up on other things, too."

As Southern states demand fruit from other regions, the price could shoot up even more.

Shoppers who normally buy from the Fruit and Berry Patch in Halls could see more apples from Pennsylvania and northern Virginia, rather than those grown from north Knoxville trees.

Of course, with the exception of the storm last week, it has seemed like we in Pennsylvania are in a very dry period as well. Central PA is 3 to 4 inches of rainfall behind average over the last 60 days.

One last thing - I didn't realize that AccuWeather had blogs!

I bought a case of Stella Artois yesterday. It's probably my favorite hot weather brew. I don't get it that often because of the price. But they had a real nice deal down at Westy's - $24.99 a case instead of the usual $30.99.

When I got home, I poured up a tall pilsner glass full and was perplexed to come up almost an inch short of the rim! Turns out they were only 11.2 ounce bottles instead of the traditional twelve. When did this happen? No wonder the price was so sweet. Of course, good old Westy didn't highlight the smaller bottle size just the bucks off.

Actually I really don't mind trading off the .8 ounce for the six dollar savings. But can't say I care for the aesthetics of a short pour. Feels like having a chintzy bartender. If this is the coming trend, guess I'll have to get new pilsner glasses.

Apparently there's a top 20 Pennsylvania Influential Blogs. This blog is number 9 (the larch). (Sorry, can't resist a bit of Python...) Tony Phyrillas has details on the list.