Cash Crop | Apple blossoms in abundance are in full bloom this week Terrence Bradshaw, with the UVM apple program, reports these blooms are economically important "Apples are the 2nd or 3rd most valued specialty crop in Vermont after maple and roughly tied with vegetables, with an average $11 million in direct farmgate receipts and an
estimated $20 million in overall cash value to the Vermont economy." (Herald / Bob Eddy)