Sounds like McIntosh.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME, USA
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Matthias Schmoldt
matthias.schmo...@gmx.net wrote:
NO WAY. This is not true. It is more a fact, that Cox Orange is not longer
any more a variety, which earns money for the grower.
The consumer
We are not overly windy. We recently did experience some 50-60 mph winds
with no canopy as yet. We also get the occasional hurricane with the high
winds associated with the storm. Our exposure is not great. We have about
25 acres in the orchard and are surrounded by woods so we miss the
Acton, Maine
Mar. 31, 2010
McIntosh silver tip
Peaches swollen bud
Temps in the 70's for Fri and Sat
Copper spray on Easter ?
This is fun
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:18 AM, William Sharp bsharp1...@yahoo.com wrote:
I am In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and we are
Hi all,
I am considering switching over to air induction nozzles for my orchard
sprayer. What is the experience so far in terms of pressure, gallons per
acre, the effect of row spacing and tree size etc? Does anyone have any
suggestions?
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, Me
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions for pounding or setting line
posts for a tree support system into hard-pan? We have 24-30 inches of soil
and then hard-pan. Some years ago we tried to auger in posts and had great
difficulty penetrating the hard-pan. I'm feeling the posts should go
See Peter Drucker, The Five Deadly Business Sins
Art Kelly, Kelly Orchards, Acton, ME
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:26 PM, David Barclay dcbarc...@optonline.netwrote:
John,
I think the bottom line regarding the fair price is that we are all subject
to the market of our products. That said, -
are researched on fully
filled-out dwarf orchards, and not on trees in their second or third leaf.
Con Traas
The Apple Farm
Ireland
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apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] *On Behalf Of *Arthur Kelly
*Sent:* 07 October 2010 02:55
] *On Behalf Of *Arthur Kelly
*Sent:* 07 October 2010 02:55
*To:* Apple-Crop
*Subject:* Apple-Crop: Tree Row volume
I need to get it off my chest. Sorry everyone. If research on older
pesticides was done on standard trees and semi and dwarf trees require less
material due to less canopy
Good review of CCD. We should all pause and consider every time we add a
product to the spray tank. On a side note I was waiting for a sandwich in a
shop in Hollis NH and was perusing the cooler where they have some very
interesting imported beer and saw and purchased an Irish cider known as
What are the government subsidies involved?
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
2011/3/14 Jerome Frecon fre...@aesop.rutgers.edu
Bill:
It appears the author of the article in Slate is making the
claims about feeding and yields but the data he presents was the result of
I have a position available on my farm. It is for a primary employee after
the owner and would require fruit growing experience and would be
supervisory in nature. We are a diversified fruit farm (mostly apples),
looking at other crops and heading towards more direct marketing. We are
currently
:
If you are growing hi-density apples, then tree height should be no
greater than between-row width. Slightly less (0.9) is even better.
Jon
2011/3/25 Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com:
What do you all think about required row spacing for various tree
heights?
Should row width be 1.1
Con, interestingly, we are at 43 degrees 32' north which is the same as
southern France and Northern Italy. Much different climate of course. We
still have up to 12 of snow in the orchard and it was in the 30sF today
with a stiff NW wind that made it feel colder. Still a good day for
pruning.
Opening for an experienced orchard worker. Opportunity to grow with the
business. Assist in a progressive atmosphere to produce and market fruit
crops. Some supervisory obligations and marketing at farmers markets.
Salary and benefits negotiable. Stone fruit and berry experience a plus.
What is the experience to date with neo-nics(Assail, Calypso, etc)
controlling Apple Maggot? We have been able to control Apple Maggot at
1/3-1/2 rates with the OPs on about a 14 day schedule with monitoring using
red sticky balls. Will Assail at 1/3-1/2 rate control Apple Maggot? Will
the
, if you have an extended AMF
problem then re-application at a minimum of 10 days between sprays
(depending on weather) is going to be necessary.
Jon
2011/6/28 Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com:
What is the experience to date with neo-nics(Assail, Calypso, etc)
controlling Apple Maggot? We
We are looking for a full-time, year-round employee on the farm. We are a
diversified (mostly tree fruit) farm in southern Maine seeing to become
more diversified. Duties to include pruning, selling at farmers markets,
assisting in production and some supervision. Excellent learning
://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
http://www.revivalhymn.com
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*From:* Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com
*To:* Apple-Crop apple-crop@virtualorchard.net
*Sent:* Sunday, August 26, 2012 11:43 AM
*Subject:* [apple-crop] Assail
We know that, from experience, Imidan and Guthion
Calcium chloride on peaches?
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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, Jul 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Kevin Hauser ke...@kuffelcreek.comwrote:
1/3 water
1/3 white latex paint
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:45:51 -0400, Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com
wrote:
Does anyone know the recipe for trunk painting including joint compound
How about this one. Last year we picked Lucky 13 2 days before we started
Red Haven. The literature seems to say Lucky 13 should be 2-3 days after
Red Haven. What is the experience there?
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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www.snyderfarm.rutgers.edu/investigators/cowgill.html
www.appletesters.net
On Jul 14, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone know the recipe for trunk painting including joint compound
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apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] *On Behalf Of *Arthur Kelly
*Sent:* Sunday, July 14, 2013 8:46 AM
*To:* Apple-Crop
*Subject:* [apple-crop] Stone fruit trunk painting
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Does anyone know the recipe for trunk painting including joint compound
Thanks Kevin.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Kevin Hauser ke...@kuffelcreek.com wrote:
1/3 water
1/3 white latex paint
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:45:51 -0400, Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com
wrote:
Does anyone know the recipe for trunk painting
, at 11:17 AM, Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com
wrote:
It seems like past discussions indicated that adding the joint compound
helped repel borers. What do you think?
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Kurt W. Alstede
k...@alstedefarms.comwrote
Are you going to apply George?
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:18 PM, George Greene g...@psu.edu wrote:
Hi All:
I visited this site and the scientist there on my return trip from
Wenatchee to PA. It looks like a very nice place to work and live.
Best regards, George Greene
Sent from our iMac
There is a recommendation to add sugar when making an application of Assail
for SWD on berries to stimulate feeding. 1-2 lbs per hundred gal. What
about for apples when using Assail or Delegate for instance? My
understanding is that when first emerged the flies feed. FYI we trapped
the first
Does anyone out there have any experience with using retain for a stop drop
on Northern Spy? Also, what about pears?
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Kelly Orchards
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I have been ruminating over a recent exchange concerning tree size, density
and longevity. A few thoughts not in any order or organization but as they
occur to me.
All orchards have a support system. If it is not posts, wires and stakes
then it is large permanent limbs. If fruit is born on
I have some McIntosh on M111 that have an unusual growth habit. They grow
shoots in sweeping curves and both the fruit and leaf petioles hang on.
There are petioles out there today. There may be an association with
black rot. Any other thoughts?
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Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
What is the longest length of trellis for tall spindle apple planting that
growers have experience with?
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Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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Years ago we pruned some Red Del in December with similar injury that
followed on larger trees. We stapled the bark tight on both sides and the
trees recovered but with a permanent seam where the bark had split. The
trees were about 12 in diameter.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
On Sun,
Is there other than anecdotal evidence as to Captan/Captec's role in the
russeting we saw in 2013? What about the effect of adjuvants such as
LI700? Also, who has experience with bloom thinning with ATS?
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Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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Well articulated.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, Maine
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Subject: The Conversation: Is purely organic the best way to farm in Maine?
To: kellyorcha...@gmail.com
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Would having mating disruption ties in the orchard interfere with pheromone
trap captures of both greater and lesser peach tree borer?
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Is there a treatment threshold for pheromone trap captures for OBLR? We
averaged 7.5/trap today. We trapped the first adults on 6/20, one per trap.
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Maximum yield isn't necessarily the same thing as maximum sales. In my
opinion, the selling is more important than anything else. Yes, good
yields of good quality fruit is important, but being good at selling and
how much you are able to get for what you have to sell trumps everything
else. If
An thoughts as to why my Macoun apples could be seedless while the next row
of Gala has plenty of seeds. Thinning was Maxcell at full bloom, Carbaryl
at petal fall and Maxcell plus Carbaryl at about 10mm. We still had to
hand thin a lot off.
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Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
Does anyone have any use for some Hyslop crab apples? Not a lot, maybe
20-30 half bushels.
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Kelly Orchards
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I am not aware of lightning strikes on any wire trellis systems in our
area but that was always one of the selling points for using monofilament
instead of wire.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Steven Bibula sbib...@maine.rr.com
wrote:
Anyone know of
I don't know about the rest of you but if we get any kind of pollination
weather the crop will be very heavy and difficult to thin. The potential
bloom at this point is scary. We are at pink except for cracking some king
flowers on Zestar, Paulared, Gingergold etc.
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Kelly Orchards
year is so
different...
Jon
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com
wrote:
I don't know about the rest of you but if we get any kind of pollination
weather the crop will be very heavy and difficult to thin. The potential
bloom at this point is scary. We
The tests usually are:
do you supply the tools
do you direct them
do they have their own liability/workers comp insurance
there may be others too
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, Maine
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Mark Helen Angermayer
angermay...@gmail.com wrote:
I plan to hire some
Does anyone have any input as to why my Macoun apples fail to develop
seeds? The seeds wither but the apples stay and are harvested. They
develop fair size but I can't help but think it would be better if they had
a full compliment of seeds. The Cortland and Gala on either side have a
full
If you apply a 3 day PHI spray for SWD will it continue to protect the
fruit in the packing room or retail stand? I'm thinking of peaches or
plums and blueberries.
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Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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://blogs.cornell.edu/jentsch/
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apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net on behalf of Arthur Kelly
kellyorcha...@gmail.com
*Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2015 7:36 PM
*To:* Apple-Crop
*Subject:* [apple-crop] SWD
If you apply a 3
that we had during bloom, which kept the bees in their hives.
Mosbah Kushad, University of Illinois
*From:* apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [mailto:
apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] *On Behalf Of *Arthur Kelly
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:00 AM
*To:* Apple-Crop
*Subject
There seemed to be a lot of late, tail-end bloom(rat-tail) bloom this year
especially on Paulared. Every tree had 3-4 clusters on borse shoots into
mid-June. We did use one strep spray on several varieties with this
bloom. Also it is probably not a good idea to neglect cutting root suckers
that
Is it PYO, retail, or to be packed? A lot depends on the juice market so
you would want to prevent as much rot as possible. For the crop insurance
what matters is production to count. An apple with enough hail damage to
knock it out of U.S. Fcy doesn't count. If it is thinned off it doesn't
Is anyone interested in about 300 bu of Jonagolds that is not too far from
Acton, ME.?
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Should I be worried about this weather? Not that there's anything I can do
about it. Mid-December and in the 50's in Maine!
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ser
> Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery
>
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:17:31 -0500, Arthur Kelly <kellyorcha...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Should I be worried about this weather? Not that there's anything I can
> do
> > about it. Mid-December and in the 50's in Maine!
>
Any suggestions out there for how to reduce fruit size without getting into
biennial bearing as in not thinning? Some varieties (Jonagold) would be
more marketable if they were 2.75 - 3.0" instead of all more than 3.0".
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Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
8 AM, David Kollas <kol...@frontier.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Art:
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know whence the observations or measurements
>>>> have come, but I saw a rootsto
Does anyone have a handle on how wind chill relates to fruit bud critical
temps. We are expecting -11F tonight with a wind chill effect of around
-30 F.
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Does anyone have any experience with Exirel. It looks like a good material
for a petal fall insecticide. I'm concerned that it has an oil component
and am wondering about phytotoxicity when combined in a tank mix.
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Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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