The article reports on the effect of hail and cold spring in decreasing the volume of apples in New Zealand in 2009. It states that early approximates of damage from one day of dispersed hail on October 29 in Hawke's Bay indicate 15 to 20% of the export crop has been taken. It says that a cold spring in Nelson and Hawke's Bay will also play its part in lessening fruit size and volume with less chance for fruit sizing and poor pollination.
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