Hi Jim and others. Sorry for not responding earlier - information on zerotol can be found at http://www.biosafesystems.com/ There are a number of concerns...
Gord Hawkes
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Sep 2, 2000 4:59 pm
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... Gord, In my little orchard near Quebec City, zone 4, I am getting very impressed with the Akane apple. A high quality early mid season. In my location, it ...
Claude Jolicoeur
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Sep 5, 2000 3:18 pm
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Hi folks, I also find Akane to be very scab resistant. It seems extra prone to flyspeck and sooty blotch, though. I like it's flavor. Redfree picks hard,...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Sep 5, 2000 6:09 pm
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... We've taken to using narrow-bladed shears to cut the fruit off of our Redfree trees....
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Sep 7, 2000 12:52 pm
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Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Sep 7, 2000 8:45 pm
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Honeycrisp Maturity from Jim Wargo, Cornell Cooperative Extension There are no established harvest indices for best harvest dates for Honeycrisp in NY, but...
brian caldwell
bac11@...
Sep 18, 2000 12:49 pm
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... Hmm. The last several years, the best quality for Honeycrisp was not reached until at least a week after start of Mac harvest. Marshall Macs in this area...
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Sep 19, 2000 2:44 am
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Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Sep 22, 2000 2:21 pm
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Hi all, I have been to the far side of the world (West Virginia actually) and had a chance to meet with Mike Glenn and Gary Putreka who initiated and continue ...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Oct 4, 2000 12:01 pm
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... What other type of sulfur is there *except* elemental sulfur? Sulfur *is* an element. What other kind of formulation is there? -- Jim Gallott West...
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Oct 6, 2000 5:03 pm
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Somehow I knew as I typed that up I would be called out about 'elemental sulfur.' The warning given on the Surround label this past year was there because the...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Oct 7, 2000 11:36 am
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I second the nomination of "Elemental Jim"! If this is true about trees being able to carry a heavier crop with kaolin, economically it will far surpass the...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Oct 10, 2000 8:11 pm
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Hi folks, I thought you'd be interested in some items from a fruit meeting yesterday at Cornell-- We saw and heard about honeycrisp coloring differently on...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Oct 18, 2000 4:33 pm
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Hi folks, I've got a fair amount of stem end and calyx end splitting on my apples this season. I've seen it before too. Often on the bigger apples. Any...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Oct 18, 2000 4:33 pm
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Brain and all, I picked some Galas last week at Jim's for cider. They were overmature, of course, and the growing energy could literally not be contained. The...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Oct 18, 2000 8:57 pm
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I hope the NY work turns up something. Here's an interesting excerpt from pg 176, "Organic Tree Fruit Mgmt" by Linda Edwards, 1998, Certified Organic...
Glen Koehler
gkoehler@...
Oct 18, 2000 9:13 pm
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This is from Terence Robinson at Cornell, very preliminary-- We used two organic thinning treatments 1)Fish oil/limesulfur mixture 2) NC-99 (a...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Nov 2, 2000 3:15 pm
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Good work on the blossom thinner trial connection -- I eagerly await the results and will hold off cutting down some Liberty trees. . .. The salt spray is...
Steve Page
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Nov 2, 2000 9:33 pm
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... From: JOHN_MOSKO@... <JOHN_MOSKO@...> Date: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:22 PM Subject: Surround Trial - Comments in reply...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Nov 3, 2000 11:00 am
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From Ian Merwin at Cornell-- There are several folks looking at soybean oil during bloomtime as a blossom/fruit thinner. I just talked with one of them (Anita...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Nov 6, 2000 3:09 pm
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Abstract: Our economic reward system is not a democratic system because the rewards aren't divided up equally; and the concept of democracy is about equal ...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:07 pm
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Abstract: Our economic reward system is not a democratic system because the rewards aren't divided up equally; and the concept of democracy is about equal ...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:10 pm
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Hi. Here is my book. It is too long so I send it in 4 parts, this being the first. Please skip over any boring or complex parts. Thanks. Chapter 1/INTRODUCTION...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:13 pm
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Here is the second part of my book. HOW WOMEN HAVE GOTTEN THE SHORT END OF THE STICK FROM HISTORY. Life poses a whole new dimension compared to the inanimate....
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:14 pm
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Here is the second part of my book. HOW WOMEN HAVE GOTTEN THE SHORT END OF THE STICK FROM HISTORY. Life poses a whole new dimension compared to the inanimate....
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:16 pm
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Here is the third part of my book. Thanks. Next, what about the concept of what a man sows, that shall he also reap? And the sound advice that follows from...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:18 pm
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Here is the fourth and final part of my book. Thanks. What about destruction and destructiveness: Do we need it? or can we get by without it? Do we need a...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:20 pm
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Anyone have any suggestions for this person? ... Subject: Controlling codling moth Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:32:06 +1100 From: "Norma Morton"...
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Jan 25, 2001 1:44 am
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Tim Smith of WA-Extension has posted an excellent article on codling moth at <http://www.ncw.wsu.edu/codlingm.htm> http://www.ncw.wsu.edu/codlingm.htm The...
Glen Koehler
gkoehler@...
Jan 25, 2001 9:28 pm
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I'm interested in tyring to find other amateur fruit growers from SE PA, southern NJ and Del who might want to get together several times a year to swap ideas...
