Apple farm victim of Bromo

MALANG, East Java: Hundreds of hectares of an apple plantation in Poncokusumo district, Malang were adversely affected by the Bromo eruption last Tuesday.

Kartono, an apple farmer in the district, said that the ash that was spewed out by the volcano, which contains sulfur, had covered most of his apple trees, which were in bloom.

"As a result, the ash damaged the apple buds and our entire harvest will fail," he complained. -- Antara