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Mass. apple crop ready earlier than normal

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STOW, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts apple crop is ready for harvest earlier than usual this year, but orchard keepers are concerned that the public is still in summer mode and not ready to pick yet.

Throughout New England, apples are ready to harvest about 10 days earlier than usual and well ahead of Labor Day, the traditional start of the picking season.

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