Growers in Oak Glen are expecting a good harvest in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains as tourist season arrives.

“Our crops are looking good. We’ll get a lot of nice cider, a lot of fresh apple butter, caramel apples, apple bread, you name it,” said Alison Law-Mathison of Moms Country Orchards, a shop that sells jams, jellies, honey and other products made locally.

She is a member of the Law family, longtime growers in Oak Glen. Its orchards supply her shop.

Apple trees don’t like extreme heat. After several scorching summers, this year has been mild by comparison.

“This is more normal,” said Michael Hudson of Snow-Line Orchard. “It just seems weird because it’s been abnormal for so long. This year seems like a normal fall.”

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