Big apples: unusual weather produces fruit twice the normal size

Morrisions supermarket says the apples will be the biggest sold in living memoryA British supermarket is selling supersized Braeburn apples after unusual weather conditions in the spring produced a crop of giants.The latest frost for nearly 20 years in April meant fewer apples grew, with as much as 10% of the country's Braeburn crop affected. However, farmers were surprised to find that the reduced crop had grown to more than twice the normal size and weight. Continue reading...