Apple Day called off after poor harvest
It is the first time the event has been cancelled in 24 years.
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"For 24 years, our orchards have provided the centrepiece for a fantastic tasting day to celebrate the start of autumn, but this year a combination of prolonged drought and unprecedented pest pressures has left us without enough fruit to share with visitors."
— Simon Tetlow , Academic
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