Take heart, Art - snowball bloom thin more easily due to natural competition
between blooms - Golden Delicious is a problem as are varieties like Earligold
and Liberty and to a lesser extent Gala and some of the oddballs -
We had a snowball bloom and 80* temperatures during bloom (our full
Arthur,
I have a small Orchard in NE Pa. and the trees are loaded with Blossoms.
The flowers opened starting Monday PM and full open by mid-day Tuesday.
Going to be a very heavy set given the dry weather forecast and nice 70 d
days.
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Arthur Kelly
The update from Illinois is relatively good.. We also had snow bloom and sunny
and warm few days during the early part of bloom which gave us good fruit set
on the kings. But the weather turned cold and windy during the middle and end
of the bloom which has kept the bees in their hives..
How can I resist an invitation like the one from Mosbah?
We had an interesting spring in Ireland (as per the Chinese curse; may you
live in interesting times). Much of March and April had settled warmer than
normal weather, due to the unusual deviations in the jet stream (associated
with a
Hi Con Trass: Great to know that all is well .. Thanks for the report .
Mosbah
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There were lots of native pollinators working the plum trees when they were
in bloom.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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Jon:
I have been asking myself question like those you have mentioned.
Snowball and nearly
