(WSBT) You could be paying more for your next bushel of apples.

The fluctuating temperatures this spring did a number on apple blossoms. As a result, this year's apple harvest is less than half of what it normally would be.

Every year about this time, Eloise Miller can be found picking her own apples at Kercher's Sunrise Orchard in Goshen. She usually goes with a friend and makes a day of it.

“I don’t know I just like it. I like the atmosphere, I like the people … they’re courteous and nice … the apples are very, very good,” said Miller.

One thing Miller noticed this year was that she had a harder time finding her favorite apples. That's because unusually hot and cold temperatures this spring took out a lot of apple blossoms.

"We have a very slight crop this year — it's about ten percent of a normal crop. We had some real bad weather in early April and that was real damaging to the buds and the tree in fact,” said Maureen Kercher from Sunrise Orchards.

However, the weather didn't hurt the quality of the apples, only the number that actually grew.

"They actually tend to be bigger because the energy in the tree goes into a fewer amount of apples, and it does make those apples bigger,” said Kercher. "And they're lovely apples!"

Since the harvest here and at other orchards around the area have produced fewer apples, there's a good chance you'll end up paying more for them this time around.

"You're going to see a higher price of apples this year, because there's less apples, there's a nice demand for apples, and of course when there's something that there's a high demand for and there's less of, the price is gonna shoot up a little bit," Kercher explained. "You'll also see that reflected in higher cider prices."

During picking season, Sunrise Orchard is open seven days a week.