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title: Weird heat in March forced apple trees to bloom
date: 2012-05-06T14:32:06Z
modified: 2012-05-06T14:32:06Z
permalink: "https://350.org/weird-heat-march-forced-apple-trees-bloom/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: and then a frost killed many of the blossoms
wpid: 29446
author: Bill McKibben
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and then a frost killed many of the blossoms

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