Hi Gord, Ah, reality! It seems anything I turn my commercial attention towards seems to become difficult. Now the deer have browsed down our red clover which...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Jul 5, 2000 11:35 am
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Hi to everyone, My name is Christine, I live in NE Georgia. My husband and I have recently bought property that includes 500 various apple trees. The trees...
Christine Reeves
cinncamaro@...
Jul 10, 2000 8:00 pm
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Hi Christine, My advice is to be really clear about what you are getting into if you want to manage the trees. It will be an awful lot of work to bring them...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Jul 11, 2000 6:45 pm
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Brian, Thank you for the advice! I have one really dumb question, what do you mean by "sucker"???? I'm very much a rock in the department! Thanks for the book...
cinncamaro@...
Jul 11, 2000 7:22 pm
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Hi Chris, A sucker is a shoot growing straight up, usually at the top of the tree. You'll find many of these! They can also grow up near the base of the tree ...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Jul 11, 2000 8:03 pm
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Christine- Not to be a poop- but strongly consider the bulldozer option. At least strongly consider what you're going to do with the fruit. If you are ...
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Jul 11, 2000 9:26 pm
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Greetings all! Here in the wet and wild far north the apple crop is not looking very good. However, looking to next year does anyone know whether there may...
Gord Hawkes
logcabinorchard@...
Jul 11, 2000 9:43 pm
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Jim, Thank you for the reply. Should we decide the apples are too far gone to bring back without going into considerable debt, we will leave the appletrees ...
cinncamaro@...
Jul 11, 2000 10:12 pm
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In a message dated 7/11/00 4:05:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bac11@... writes: << A sucker is a shoot growing straight up, usually at the top of the...
cinncamaro@...
Jul 11, 2000 10:13 pm
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The trees will probably never be too far gone to bring back to production, that's not the problem. Just make sure you really *want* them in production. :)...
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Jul 12, 2000 3:27 am
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In a message dated 7/11/00 11:32:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jgallot@... writes: << If your deer population is truly as great as you say, they may be...
cinncamaro@...
Jul 12, 2000 11:06 am
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Hello Gord, Gerald Chouinard of Quebec has worked with nematodes vs PC and sawfly. I also did a trial at my farm vs PC. Results have been inconsistent so...
brian caldwell
bac11@...
Jul 14, 2000 2:35 am
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Deer are striking heavy here. One thing that amazes me is going out at 2 in the morning, shooting a few shots with my Dad's old 22 rifle (while simultaneously...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Jul 19, 2000 12:37 pm
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What follows is very good. It seems to settle the issue about using bulk kaolin than the twice-as-expensive Surround. The pottery clay could still serve as a...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Jul 27, 2000 11:37 am
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Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Aug 1, 2000 4:31 pm
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Hi folks, Things are not looking very good at our orchard, as we had our second hail storm of the season around 7/15 and it was pretty damaging. The fruit is ...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Aug 1, 2000 4:44 pm
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Greetings from the great expanse north of the 49th eh! We have a significant scab problem this year and I'm concerned with the spore load for next year. A...
Gord Hawkes
logcabinorchard@...
Aug 16, 2000 11:03 pm
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Reducing potential spore loading all comes down to getting those fallen leaves to disappear. I've called my lime/flail mowing/ compost (earthworm ...
Michael and Nancy Phi...
mphil@...
Aug 17, 2000 1:05 am
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Hi folks, Two falls ago after we had a nasty scab season, I sprayed the trees and fallen leaves with compost tea (after harvest, made from mature compost). I...
Brian Caldwell
bac11@...
Aug 18, 2000 3:25 pm
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... I have no experience with hydrogen peroxide, but would be interested in finding out more about it. Does ZeroTol have a site with info? How did you find...
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Aug 20, 2000 3:37 pm
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... I have this one. Nice fruit size and tree. Pretty much like a Macoun. But since I'm unimpressed with Macoun (JOMSMT, Just One More Soft Mac Type), I'm...
Jim Gallott
jgallot@...
Aug 20, 2000 3:37 pm
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Thanks for Jim's additional comments on the Cornell field day items. Another one about the chlorotic blotches on Honeycrisp--they could be virus-related....
brian caldwell
bac11@...
Aug 20, 2000 5:08 pm
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Not weird..... Weird is the story of Adam and Eve.Eve hands Adam the apple, whats wrong with this picture? Thousands of years later-lets say Adam hands the...
John Defayette
nurikabe87@...
Aug 21, 2000 2:15 am
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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
logcabinorchard@...
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
cjoli@...
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...
