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!