[apple-crop-2] Europe's Farmers Are Struggling, but Some Sympathetic Consumers Have Difficulty Affording Their Food | Morning Ag Clips

[Arthur Kelly]

Is the problem the price of the food or is the problem the ability to afford 
it?  Or both?
https://www.morningagclips.com/europes-farmers-are-struggling-but-some-sympathetic-consumers-have-difficulty-affording-their-food/

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[apple-crop-2] Summer pruning peach trees

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Does summer pruning reduce the vigor of peach trees that have no crop?

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[apple-crop-2] Fruit thinning

[Arthur Kelly]

Is anyone able to explain the physiology of apple fruit thinning?  How does the 
differentiation that causes one fruit to abscise but not another happen?

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[apple-crop-2] Fireblight

[Arthur Kelly]

Are there any other affects from Actigard plus Apogee applications for shoot 
blight.

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Re: [apple-crop-2] Weed control

[Arthur Kelly]

Thanks Jon.  That means you haven’t trialed any at Belchertown.  Years ago Jim 
Schupp trialed a Weed Badger in Maine.  It developed quite a berm and was 
pretty aggressive on roots as I recall.  Looks like an early spring.  We are 
finishing up pruning apples and will start peaches in April.  Are there any 
reports on peach buds yet?

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> 
> 
> Hi Art, not me, but I hear mechanical cultivators are a dime-a-dozen (well 
> not literally) at trade shows in Europe. Not sure if it is true or not, but I 
> presume the practice is more common there?
> 
> Jon
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 10:40 AM Arthur Kelly  wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience with various options with cultivation for 
>> weed control in the tree row?
>> 
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[apple-crop-2] Weed control

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Does anyone have any experience with various options with cultivation for weed 
control in the tree row?

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[apple-crop-2] 2021 NSFGA Summer Tour - First stop: Finger weeder/2D canopies/Concrete Trellis/Weather Station - YouTube

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[apple-crop-2] Varieties

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A recent trip to our local supermarket showed 16 different apple varieties 
available!

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[apple-crop-2] General discussion

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The secret to fruit growing is .

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[apple-crop-2] Efficacy

[Arthur Kelly]

Can someone explain why an insecticide might be excellent for SWD on one crop 
but only moderate on another crop.

Art Kelly 
Kelly Orchards 
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Re: [Apple-Crop] Fwd: Cold temp. After planting

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We don’t have a forecast for anything below the high 20s over the next week.

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> On Mar 30, 2018, at 7:11 PM, Win Cowgill  wrote:
> 
> My friend Jon Clements wants more information on what moderating temperatures 
> means?
> 
> The origional question was should cherry trees be planted now, with 15F 
> temperatures forecast for the following Tuesday.
> 
> My reponse was Do not plant until temperatures moderate!   
> 
> I would not plant if temperatures following planting are foecasted to be 
> below 28F, but in all honesty it is better to wait until temperatures 
> moderate above 32F- nursery trees that  have been in cold storage all winter 
> are ususally a bit stressed. Exposing them to 15F is a recipie for cold 
> injury to the buds, especially on bench grafted trees.
> 
> The other consideration is new trees or rootstock is not going to grow if the 
> soil is really cold. As the temperature moderates the soil temperate rises 
> and roots will grow.
> 
> Win
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>> 
>>> On Mar 30, 2018, at 2:46 PM, Dean  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 15 * low is predicted next tues. Should I plant cherry trees or leave in 
>>> the cooler?
>>> 
>>> Regards, Dean
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[Apple-Crop] Root dips

[Arthur Kelly]

Does anyone have experience using a biological fungicide as a pre-plant root 
dip?

Art Kelly 
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[Apple-Crop] PF Lucky 13. A nice firm peach that ripens 2-3 days before Red Haven for us in Southern Maine. Also it drops.

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Re: [Apple-Crop] SWD

[Arthur Kelly]

That's what I thought, just thought I'd put it out there.  There might be
site to site differences based on the previous years population?

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> Hi Art, don't call me the SWD "expert" but I seen enough of them this
> year, all you need is two to "migrate" in, do the "tango" (see attached)
> and then you got an "indigenous" population. Make sense? Sanitation,
> keeping up with harvest of sound fruit, and insecticides are the "control"
> foundation...
>
> Jon
>
> On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 12:18 PM, kellyorchards 
> wrote:
>
>> Does SWD migrate in or is the population mostly indigenous.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Apple-Crop] Exirel

[Arthur Kelly]

Including Rally and Manzate.

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> On May 27, 2017, at 12:45 PM, Jon Clements  wrote:
> 
> Art, I did not seen any phytotoxicity with it when I did this small trial, 
> however, I would not advise tank mix with Captan. JC
> 
> http://fruitadvisor.info/tfruit/2012cyazypyrFINAL.pdf
> 
>> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 8:26 AM, kellyorchards  
>> wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience with Exirel?  It seems like a nice material with 
>> some potential phytotoxicity issues.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Apple-Crop] Exirel

[Arthur Kelly]

Thanks Jon,
 The label lists a number of other compounds besides Captan including Rally 
and M

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> On May 27, 2017, at 12:45 PM, Jon Clements  wrote:
> 
> Art, I did not seen any phytotoxicity with it when I did this small trial, 
> however, I would not advise tank mix with Captan. JC
> 
> http://fruitadvisor.info/tfruit/2012cyazypyrFINAL.pdf
> 
>> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 8:26 AM, kellyorchards  
>> wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience with Exirel?  It seems like a nice material with 
>> some potential phytotoxicity issues.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Apple-Crop] Fireblight

[Arthur Kelly]

We didn't get the shower Thursday night so not only did I not apply strep but 
we were 10 days out on a scab spray so I covered up today. 

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> On May 21, 2017, at 9:16 PM, Glen Koehler <glen.koeh...@maine.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Art
> If a flower opened at 7am on Friday May 19, and you had sprayed strep 
> just before that, then that flower would not be protected.Using Sanford 
> temperatures (not too far from you), there were 193 Cougarblight heat units 
> between Friday morning 7am and 5pm on Friday.  
> 
> After Friday 5pm, heat unit accumulation fell off very sharply.  Only an 
> additional 25 units accumulated between Friday 5pm and a rain on Monday May 
> 22 (and no new heat units on Monday).   The total number of heat units from 
> Friday 7am to Monday morning would be 221.  The Cougarblight threshold for a 
> category II orchard (fire blight within 1 mile within the last two years) to 
> move from Caution to High infection risk is 200 units.   
> 
> So if that new flower was contaminated right as it opened, then presumably it 
> would have had just above the threshold of heat units to call for another 
> streptomycin application before a Monday rain.  That scenario seems unlikely 
> for several reasons.  First, almost all of the flowers except perhaps very 
> late blooming cultivars were already open by the time of a Friday morning 
> streptomycin application.  Second, the chance that a flower opens at 7am and 
> is immediately contaminated with fire blight bacteria seems low.
> 
>  If that hypothetical flower had opened at noon on Friday, May 19, then it 
> would have accumulated only 120 new heat units between opening and a Monday 
> rain (no additional heat units on Monday, only 12 new heat units on Tuesday 
> May 23).
> 
> All the above is for the assumption that you applied streptomycin after the 
> Thursday night / Friday morning shower, after daily high temperatures of 90 
> and 93 on Wed. and Thur May 17-18.
> 
> If streptomycin was not applied on Friday, then unprotected flowers that are 
> still open during a Monday rain (i.e. not too old for infection) would be at 
> Exceptionally high infection risk because many of those heat units are still 
> considered applicable for a Monday rain.
> 
> Note to other Maine growers:  Temperatures on Friday were much cooler in 
> Monmouth than Sanford on Friday May 19.  By Friday at 5pm in the scenario 
> described above, only 52 Cougarblight heat units had accumulated in Monmouth 
> (vs. .193 in Sanford).  While Monmouth has more bloom remaining for a Monday 
> rain, the heat units since Friday just aren't there.
> 
> But if you did NOT apple strep on Friday May 19, then a Monday rain would not 
> only been in the Exceptional risk rating, that risk would coincide with most 
> apple trees sitll being in full bloom.
> 
> - Glen
> 
> 
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> 
>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Arthur Kelly <kellyorcha...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> Thanks, I was more wondering how close to try and get to the infection 
>> period due sometime tomorrow morning.  We are mostly
>> in bloom with some varieties nearly complete petal fall and others 
>> (honeycrisp) at full bloom.  There are very few flowers still to open and I 
>> expect that this will be the only strep spray necessary.  The forecast is 
>> slight chance of showers daily going forward.
>> 
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>>> On May 21, 2017, at 2:13 PM, Vincent Philion <vincent.phil...@.qc.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all, 
>>> 
>>> My two cents:
>>> 
>>> Although streptomycin is degraded by light, this doesn’t really matter: For 
>>> two to four days, the antibiotic keeps bacterial population at low levels 
>>> on sprayed flowers.
>>> 
>>> Once it’s degraded, the flower is also 2 to 4 days older and there is 
>>> simply not enough time left for the bacteria to multiply back to 
>>> detrimental levels and infect.
>>> 
>>> Pusey demonstrated quite well that as flower age, they carry less bacteria 
>>> and become increasingly more difficult to infect.
>>> 
>>> Bottom line: Opened flowers that are sprayed stay protected for the life of 
>>> that flower.
>>> 
>>> As Qu

Re: [Apple-Crop] Fireblight

[Arthur Kelly]

Thanks, I was more wondering how close to try and get to the infection period 
due sometime tomorrow morning.  We are mostly
in bloom with some varieties nearly complete petal fall and others (honeycrisp) 
at full bloom.  There are very few flowers still to open and I expect that this 
will be the only strep spray necessary.  The forecast is slight chance of 
showers daily going forward.

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> On May 21, 2017, at 2:13 PM, Vincent Philion  wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> My two cents:
> 
> Although streptomycin is degraded by light, this doesn’t really matter: For 
> two to four days, the antibiotic keeps bacterial population at low levels on 
> sprayed flowers.
> 
> Once it’s degraded, the flower is also 2 to 4 days older and there is simply 
> not enough time left for the bacteria to multiply back to detrimental levels 
> and infect.
> 
> Pusey demonstrated quite well that as flower age, they carry less bacteria 
> and become increasingly more difficult to infect.
> 
> Bottom line: Opened flowers that are sprayed stay protected for the life of 
> that flower.
> 
> As Quan underlined, you should mostly concentrate on flowers unopened at 
> spraying time:
> 
> 1) How many flowers weren’t open on the last strep spray?
> 
> 2) Will the weather for these flowers be conducive for bacteria 
> multiplication and infection?
> 
> If so, then you need to consider additional sprays for unsprayed flowers.
> 
> Trapman and myself developed RIMpro-Erwinia to help manage which flowers are 
> at risk and at need for a spray. This model is very different from Cougar and 
> Maryblyt and is proving more reliable.
> 
> 
> Vincent Philion, agr., M.Sc.
> Microbiologiste/Phytopathologiste (pomiculture)
> 
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> Research and Development Institute for the Agri-Environment
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Re: [Apple-Crop] NAD

[Arthur Kelly]

I have overthinned Gala with carbaryl and BA.

Art Kelly 
Kelly Orchards 
Acton, Maine 

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> On Apr 13, 2017, at 9:41 AM, Duane Greene  wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> Two years ago I did an experiment where I did apply Amid-Thin at petal 
> fall alone or followed by BA to Gala.  Amid-Thin was used at a rate of 8 
> oz/100 gal.  The Amid-Thin alone spray thinned modestly (not enough) but 
> followed by BA the thinning was acceptable.  The best thinning result was 
> obtained when carbaryl was applied at petal fall followed by a 10 mm spray of 
> carbaryl plus BA.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Duane
> 
>> On 4/12/2017 10:35 PM, John Bruguiere wrote:
>> Anyone out there had any experience(positive or negative) using Amid 
>> Thin(NAD) at petal fall to help thin Gala prior to 8MM (using 6-ba then)?  
>> Mature trees, heavy bloom.
>> John Bruguiere
>> 
>>> On 1/29/2017 10:27 PM, wincowg...@centurylink.net wrote:
>>> Apple Croppers- Jon and I do try to keep a pretty hands off approach with 
>>> regard to moderating this list.
>>> 
>>> We have only had to remove one person from the list in 24 years. 
>>> 
>>> That being said, if you don't agree with someones post, there is the delete 
>>> key. There is never a reason to get personal with another subscriber on our 
>>> list.
>>> 
>>> I know many on this list may not always agree, but that is not unusual. We 
>>> still share information.
>>> 
>>> Certainly most of you that know Jon Clements and I, know we often do not 
>>> see eye to eye, but we do many great things together in spite of that :-)  
>>> 
>>> This apple-crop list lasting 24 years is a tribute to that.
>>> 
>>> If someone has a real beef with a post or a person, please 
>>> share you comment with Jon and I privately, as owners of the list. 
>>> Otherwise hit delete, we do not want to be moderators.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
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>>> 
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 Yea, we try to be pretty hands-off with apple-crop, and I have gotten a 
 little lost in the thread this afternoon, but please let's not let this 
 get out of hand. Last thing I want to be is a moderator...
 
 Thanks.
 
 Jon
 
 On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Vincent Philion 
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> You are missing the point. There is plenty of room for expressing your 
> political and religious views in other forums.
> 
> http://virtualorchard.net/applecrop.html
> 
> “Discussion relating to all aspects of apple production from cultivar 
> selection, tree growth and performance, rootstock development and testing 
> to the development of sustainable production systems is welcome.”
> 
> Vincent Philion, agr. M.Sc. IRDA.
> 
> “an environment that once again values and rewards the entrepreneur”. 
> Hopefully, there is   room for the 
> “environment” in your environment!
> 
> 
>> Le 29 janv. 2017 à 16:28, Kurt W. Alstede  a 
>> écrit :
>> 
>> Hello Fellow Horticulturalists and Farmers,
>>  
>> I debated whether I should opine or not…there seems to be so little 
>> tolerance these days for alternative view points.  Yet, to suggest that 
>> politics don’t influence our businesses and farms would be not only a 
>> mistake but also a disservice to our goal of helping and supporting one 
>> another who grow apples.  What I can share with you with confidence as a 
>> full time family farm owner in New Jersey is that farming under the 
>> Obama administration was more difficult, more costly, and much more 
>> challenging than any other time in my 35 years of farming.  I have seen 
>> a steady increase in the direct costs associated with
>>regulatory compliance as well as the amount 
>> of management time that I and my team spend simply making sure that our 
>> business can operate….none of which helps us grow a better apple for our 
>> customers.  We are only 10 days into the new administration and I can 
>> tell you that I look forward to the opportunity to advance our family 
>> business to the next generation in an environment that once again values 
>> and rewards the entrepreneur, hard work, rural 

[Apple-Crop] Serenade

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Does anyone have any experience with Serenade for brown rot?

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Re: [Apple-Crop] A lighter note

[Arthur Kelly]

I agree Mo.  We try and remove trees every year and plant every year.  I did 
use the word can to hedge the productive life of a block.

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> On Jan 30, 2017, at 5:48 PM, maurice tougas  
> wrote:
> 
> Art
> 
> I agree that it's great to be out pruning. I disagree that you should expect 
> a longer productive life with high density systems. My goal here is to be 
> looking at replanting when the orchard reaches twenty years or so. New 
> varieties, strains of varieties and improved planting system encourage 5% 
> renewal in my opinion. 
> 
> My best to you
> Mo Tougas
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:27 PM, George Greene  wrote:
>> Art:
>> 
>> Your comment makes sense to me.  Right now I have a cold and I fell on the 
>> ice on Dec. 29th and I am still suffering.  Pt may help but it may take a 
>> while.
>> 
>> I suppose that you are enjoying the warmer weather.
>> 
>> Be well, George
>> 
>>> On Jan 30, 2017, at 12:43 PM, kellyorchards  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ruminations after a morning pruning.  The weather is ideal.  The temps are 
>>> in the high 20's, the wind is light and the sun is shining.  Weather like 
>>> this is why we live here.  Permanent limbs ultimately and inevitably get 
>>> too large.  This is why high density systems can have a longer productive 
>>> life than less dense orchards.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [Apple-Crop] Weather

[Arthur Kelly]

It only takes one polar vortex to screw things up like in 2016.

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> On Jan 22, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Jon Clements  wrote:
> 
> We're accumulating significant chilling hours now here in the Northeast with 
> daily temps in the mid-30's to 40's. I expect rest has been achieved for 
> peaches and some apples, and significantly warm weather could result in bud 
> movement. In fact, the Feb-Mar-Apr period is expected to be above normal in 
> temperature according to NOAA/NWS, however, I been hearing rumblings from the 
> weather fanboys on the internet about a pattern change and significant cold 
> for Feb-Mar. Who do you believe? And what difference does it make?
> 
> :-)
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Dennis Norton 
>>  wrote:
>> Art, here in northern Illinois, we reached 55 today.  Here I was getting a 
>> little concerned about the over accumulation of chill hours since we were 
>> reaching around 640 since November 1, 2016.  Then I ran a comparison report 
>> for the same time period for 2015/16 and at this time last year we were at 
>> 740!!  In 2015 we had a very warm December, hitting near 60 on the 24th, 
>> which I had forgotten about.  Looks like there's not to much to be concerned 
>> about this year unless this warm spell stretched out for several weeks and 
>> we reach the chill requirement for some varieties. Could be a colder 
>> February or March to make up for it like last year.  We had a later spring 
>> last year by about two weeks.
>> Dennis Norton
>> IPM Specialist/Certified Nurseryman
>> Royal Oak Farm Orchard
>> 15908 Hebron Rd.
>> Harvard, IL 60033-9357
>> Office (815) 648-4467
>> Mobile (815) 228-2174
>> Fax (609) 228-2174
>> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
>> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.blogspot.com
>> https://www.facebook.com/royaloakfarmorchard/
>>> On 1/21/2017 12:37 PM, kellyorchards wrote:
>>> It seems we have skipped right to March.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Art Kelly
>>> Kelly Orchards
>>> Acton, Maine
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Re: [Apple-Crop] Brown rot

[Arthur Kelly]

Thanks guys

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 8, 2017, at 12:45 PM, Daniel Cooley  wrote:
> 
> I agree with Jon and David Doud. A dry year with no crop will knock down the 
> initial inoculum this coming year, decreasing brown rot pressure at the start 
> of the season relative to most years. But it doesn’t take long for the brown 
> rot fungus to build up again, and with a few old twig cankers active in a 
> block during a relatively wet bloom period, I’d expect plenty of infections 
> without fungicide sprays. It should be some easier to control BR this year, 
> but I’d approach it as you would any season.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> On Jan 8, 2017, at 12:25 PM, Jon Clements  wrote:
>> 
>> I think it's like apple scab -- not a bad year last year, but I am betting 
>> most are not going to slack off too much on fungicide sprays if it's wet. 
>> Ditto for brown rot if there are peaches and wet weather...
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
>>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Franklyn Carlson 
>>>  wrote:
>>> Art:
>>> 
>>> You had a much larger crop than we did……. 0 peaches & 0 nectarines.
>>> 
>>> We did a minimal spray program last year, but are planning to be ready for 
>>> anything this year.  Bruce did the fall copper spray & we are planning on 
>>> the spring copper spray, and then be as preventative as we can be for brown 
>>> rot.  Let’s hope we get a crop this year.
>>> 
>>> Frank
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.com] On Behalf 
>>> Of kellyorchards
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 10:22 AM
>>> To: Apple-Crop 
>>> Subject: [Apple-Crop] Brown rot
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any insights to offer regarding brown rot following a dry, 
>>> crop failure year.  The five peaches we did produce won the blue ribbon at 
>>> the local fair (only entry).
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Art Kelly
>>> Kelly Orchards
>>> Acton, Maine
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>> aka 'Mr Honeycrisp'
>> University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension
>> UMass Cold Spring Orchard
>> 393 Sabin St.
>> Belchertown, MA  01007
>> 413-478-7219
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Re: [Apple-Crop] Apple-crop address change

[Arthur Kelly]

We had a very good bloom and excellent pollination.  Based on that we bloom
thinned with Amid on Macoun, early varieties, Gala and Honeycrisp.  We
petal fall thinned McIntosh, Cortland, and the early varieties.  We are now
at petal fall on the late bloomers and looking for a good weather window to
thin those.  We will wait and see if additional thinning will be required.
The fruit appears to be growing rapidly so we are monitoring that closely
as to thinning.  We are missing some King flowers and some side bloom,
particularly on McIntosh and Cortland.  The bloom on Honeycrisp in
particular and Macoun was very heavy.  Dealing with the Honeycrisp crop may
be problematic.

Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Jon Clements 
wrote:

> Hi everyone, after many year of apple-c...@virtualorchard.net, the list
> address has changed to apple-crop@virtualorchard.com. Please use the
> latter address when posting to apple-crop from hereon out.
>
> That being said, anyone care to comment on the crop conditions out there?
> Here in Massachusetts, after a long spring, with considerable freeze damage
> to apple buds in early April, we are finally seeing what is left. It varies
> from orchard to orchard, but on average we are probably looking at 75-80%
> of an average crop of just over 1 million bushels. Could be better, could
> be worse. Still a long way to go though...
>
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> 393 Sabin St.
> Belchertown, MA  01007
> 413-478-7219
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