That is larger than the seedless fruits I produced. I don’t understand
the relationship between seeds and fruit size. For twenty-some years I watched
one particular Macoun tree produce very large seedless fruit every year,
regardless of the thinner program.
They were consistently calcium deficient, with bitter-pit symptoms, and fell
from the tree mostly before harvest. It was a whole-tree
sport; I finally cut it down.
David Kollas
Kollas Orchard
Tolland, CT
On Aug 5, 2014, at 7:27 PM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> We usually manage to get them up to 2 5/8 to 2 3/4" Dave. I'm just thinking
> size could be better if they were seeded.
>
> Art Kelly
> Kelly Orchards
> Acton, ME
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:49 PM, David Kollas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Art:
>
> Are the seedless Macoun very small, or normal size?
>
> In two years of trials with Maxcell plus NAA on Macoun I found that
> the retained fruit was mostly seedless and very small.
>
> I have not seen this with Maxcell plus carbaryl.
>
> David Kollas
> Kollas Orchard
> Tolland, CT
>
> On Aug 4, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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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