[apple-crop] tree thefts

2016-05-13 Thread David Doud
Apple - David Doud grower, Indiana - 2 good pollination days followed by 2.5 weeks of cold wet weather that continues - ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

Re: [apple-crop] MAIA newsletter

2015-12-17 Thread David Doud
s > Tougas Family Farm,LLC > Northborough,MA 01532 > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:16 PM, David Doud <david_d...@me.com > <mailto:david_d...@me.com>> wrote: > An autumn 2015 edition of the Midwest Apple Improvement Association > newsletter has been

[apple-crop] MAIA newsletter

2015-12-16 Thread David Doud
nsumer evaluations were carried out this past fall with standard varieties and MAIA elite selections - direct marketers should find the report interesting reading - David Doud - grower, IN I cannot remember a year with warmer late fall/early winter weather ___

[apple-crop] Red-fleshed apple promotion...

2015-10-11 Thread David Doud
and one makes the point that the study's results don't support the writer's contention - others articulate common misconceptions we deal with regularly - David Doud - grower, Indiana real nice here as we head into the home stretch of harvest

[apple-crop] CA storage incident - UK

2015-06-20 Thread David Doud
The manager of a fruit-packing operation has been found guilty of the manslaughter of two workers he asked to select apples from a low-oxygen storage unit without using breathing apparatus... http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/19/manager-guilty-manslaughter-apple-storage David Doud

[apple-crop] MAIA newsletter

2015-06-12 Thread David Doud
be involved. Previous newsletters and other information is available here: http://midwestapple.com/index.php MAIA membership is open - If there are questions, I'd be happy to try to answer them. David Doud grower - IN ___ apple-crop mailing list apple

Re: [apple-crop] NPR 'The Miracle Apple'

2015-05-30 Thread David Doud
Montana State University Western Ag Research Center 580 Quast Lane Corvallis, MT 59828 406-961-3025 Cell- 406-529-2409 -Original Message- From: apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of David Doud Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 10

Re: [apple-crop] crop prospects

2015-05-14 Thread David Doud
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

[apple-crop] non-GMO non-browning apples

2015-03-30 Thread David Doud
- David Doud ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

[apple-crop] arctic apples

2015-02-26 Thread David Doud
dreading this aspect of it - David Doud grower, IN below 0*F, way behind on pruning ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

Re: [apple-crop] arctic apples

2015-02-26 Thread David Doud
-science sentiment and without disrespecting my customers. David Doud On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:50 PM, David A. Rosenberger wrote: I can appreciate your frustration, David, and your “easy answer” gave me a good chuckle. I certainly would NOT attempt to relay the concepts in my last post

Re: [apple-crop] German cultivars?

2015-01-29 Thread David Doud
of the CATS trees and the Golden Sunshine series from Czech Republic Rob Sent from my iPad On Jan 28, 2015, at 5:31 PM, David Doud david_d...@me.com wrote: We're looking for the apple cultivars 'Realka', 'Regia', 'Reka', 'Releta', and 'Remura' - all bred at Dresden-Pillnitz Germany

Re: [apple-crop] How to excise malus seeds

2015-01-08 Thread David Doud
I was out working and had a thought - find a junior or senior high school girl with good eyesight and fingernails and pay her to follow your successful regime - I applaud your dedication, that's a lot of work - D On Jan 5, 2015, at 11:27 AM, lee elliott wrote: Anyone know an easy way to

Re: [apple-crop] 'Real' Apple Store

2014-11-20 Thread David Doud
, were you referring to Apple Computer products or Honeycrisp apples??? :-) On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:11 AM, David Doud david_d...@me.com wrote: A delightful short article and a half-dozen pictures from London - ...London's Borough Market, one of the oldest markets in the U.K., is marking

Re: [apple-crop] Thank you Mister Liberty!

2014-10-11 Thread David Doud
I heard at market today that Liberty was Patrick Henry's favorite apple and that his remarks at the second Virginia Convention are widely misunderstood - D On Oct 5, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Jon Clements wrote: Couldn't agree with you more Claude, that's why they call me 'Mr Liberty!'

Re: [apple-crop] Planting density for Asian pears

2014-08-02 Thread David Doud
Production in Japan' by Kanichi Yaneyama/translated by Shinji Kawai and published by the Oregon Asian Pear Council in 1989 - I don't know about current availability - 75 pages with detailed discussion of pruning/thinning/management by variety with diagrams and pictures - David Doud grower, Indiana

[apple-crop] Inglorious fruits and vegetables

2014-07-18 Thread David Doud
This link is to a 2.5 minute video from France (mostly in English) about a campaign to sell less than perfect fruit and vegetables - the EU has made 2014 the 'European year against food waste' - interesting marketing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nSECWq_PEfeature=youtu.be David Doud

[apple-crop] 21st century apple peeling

2014-03-31 Thread David Doud
follow this link to a .gif file - where I found it, it was considered cute, but I can see some real application for small time processors - http://i.imgur.com/r0hbM9I.gif David Doud Indiana 3/31/12 = full bloom 3/31/14 = not to silver tip yet

Re: [apple-crop] Frost protection via overhead sprinklers made mattersworse?

2014-02-02 Thread David Doud
slice some incipient fruit thru the equator with your thumbnail or a knife - healthy fruit will have pearlescent ovules - damage will show up as brown tissue - David Doud voice of experience On Feb 2, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Rye Hefley wrote: Thanks Con, The spacing is one 360 degee

Re: [apple-crop] Paraquat

2013-10-08 Thread David Doud
I have used it for that purpose - generally works acceptably well, repeated application keeps the suckers burned down and devigorated, but I have noticed increased phytophthora incidence that I attribute to the practice - David Doud grower - Indiana On Oct 8, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Hugh Thomas

Re: [apple-crop] Batlow Cider Apple Harvest

2013-09-18 Thread David Doud
You can taste the bass!! D On Sep 17, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Kevin Hauser wrote: Aussies setting the standard for cider apple harvesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYdA-7MmqyI Kevin Hauser Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery Riverside, CA Kampala, Uganda

[apple-crop] NYT story on GMO oranges

2013-07-28 Thread David Doud
Arctic Apples are discussed, and Herb Aldwinckle rates a paragraph - a well written piece, worth the read - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/science/a-race-to-save-the-orange-by-altering-its-dna.html?_r=0 David Doud grower, IN Redhaven peaches this week - Pristine, Williams Pride

Re: [apple-crop] native pollinators

2013-05-02 Thread David Doud
, Pres. Carlson Orchards, Inc. 115 Oak Hill Road P.O.Box 359 Harvard, MA. 01451 617-968-4180 cell 978-456-3916 office -Original Message- From: apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of David Doud Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013

Re: [apple-crop] apple anti-cancer research

2013-04-18 Thread David Doud
ourselves David Doud grower IN thunderstorms, rain and floods, tornado watch, gonna be a while before I get anything else planted - and wondering how effective that COCS applied last sunday at 1/4 green is today... On Apr 18, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Phil Glaize wrote: David and Robert, Your

[apple-crop] apple anti-cancer research

2013-04-16 Thread David Doud
this - If it were the opposite association, I bet there would be banner headlines... David Doud Grower, Indiana 1/4 green, wet - nice to have a real spring this year - ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net

[apple-crop] Thiram WP or WDG

2013-04-16 Thread David Doud
Thiram is listed in the spray schedule, but I have been unable to find anyone that supplies the WP or WDG (Granuflo) formulation - does anyone know a supplier that has it? thanks - David Doud grower, IN ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop

[apple-crop] Thiram WP or WDG

2013-04-16 Thread David Doud
Thiram is listed in the spray schedule, but I have been unable to find anyone that supplies the WP or WDG (Granuflo) formulation - does anyone know a supplier that has it? thanks - David Doud grower, IN ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop

[apple-crop] apples on prairie home companion

2012-09-16 Thread David Doud
apples were a major subject in the 'news from lake wobegon' segment - makes me wonder if Garrison Keillor has visited Doug Shefelbine - you can access audio here - http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2012/09/15/ nice to have something positive to report - David Doud grower (frozen

[apple-crop] a bit of positive press

2011-07-09 Thread David Doud
from Yahoo - http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/5-foods-that-keep-you-thin-2507875/ apples at the top of the list - D ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments

2011-04-21 Thread David Doud
) - as a practical matter, at our stage of development, these temperatures, and specific schedule of the wet periods, I normally wouldn't worry much about scab infection - but seeing that 'heavy' infection indicated from the Mills model is disconcerting - dunno - any thoughts? thanks, David Doud

Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments and infection models in general

2011-04-21 Thread David Doud
, these temperatures, and specific schedule of the wet periods, I normally wouldn't worry much about scab infection - but seeing that 'heavy' infection indicated from the Mills model is disconcerting - dunno - any thoughts? thanks, David Doud grower

Re: [apple-crop] definitions question: first, second, third cover

2011-04-11 Thread David Doud
arsenate - anymore I believe the spraying frequency is more decided by monitoring and complicated by such concepts as Alternate Row Center spraying and such - David Doud grower, IN On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Rye wrote: Hello all, I'm looking over pesticide information and I see a lot

Re: [apple-crop] apples- not propaganda

2011-03-14 Thread David Doud
I want info about apples, then contribute something - for the record, I'm fine with the discussion going on - happy to see activity - D grower-indiana On Mar 14, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Dennis Brackman wrote: I want info about apples, not political chatter - please remove me from your

Re: [apple-crop] Vertical Scaffold Spacing

2011-02-27 Thread David Doud
It has been my experience that two scaffolds may originate at near the same height without choking the central leader - three originating at the same height will devigorate the leader eventually - the longer the tree lives, the more difference it makes - D On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:10 AM,

Re: [apple-crop] Training goal as it relates to initial planting

2011-02-27 Thread David Doud
Rye - your picture shows a system that is highly regimented - excessively so for fruit production - if you want to do it to admire and enjoy, go ahead - be aware that many of these highly manipulated systems use Golden Delicious or some other variety with an agreeable growth habit - try to do

Re: Apple-Crop: ...and causes you to be fat too!

2010-07-23 Thread David Doud
but...but...butit SOUNDS all scientificy!! - On Jul 23, 2010, at 8:47 PM, Kathleen Leahy wrote: Obesogens??? Seriously?? On 7/23/2010 9:47 AM, David Doud wrote: the current lead story on Yahoo - http://shine.yahoo.com/event/ loveyourbody/why-you-cant-lose-those-last-10-pounds

Apple-Crop: organophosphates

2010-05-17 Thread David Doud
called organophosphates http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1989564,00.html? xid=rss- topstoriesutm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A +time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29utm_content=Google+Reader David Doud grower - Indiana

Apple-Crop: wanted: Bean sprayer hitch

2008-03-06 Thread David Doud
? - the piece I need is the clevis that the hitch pin fits thru - this clevis is attached to the sprayer with a large bolt to the rest of the (rotating) hitch assembly - I'll be happy to send a picture if that would help anyone - thanks David Doud - northcentral Indiana - still very much winter here - snow