BLOOMING SUCCESS: Apple Annie's marks 40 years in Willcox with early opening

BLOOMING SUCCESS: Apple Annie's marks 40 years in Willcox with early opening

Apple Annie's is celebrating 40 years of fruit picking in Willcox, and this year's milestone season got off to an unusually early start thanks to a spring that brought heat instead of the frost the orchard has historically battled.Mandy Kirkendall, Director of Fun at Apple Annie's, said the warm March temperatures pushed ripening two to three weeks ahead of schedule, allowing the orchard to open this month rather than in July."With the heat that…