Re: Apple-Crop: Rachel Carson's legacy

2007-06-13 Thread Edge, Rory
Her legacy is that she was one of a small number of people who, at the time, made people conscious of the fact that human activity has an impact on our environment. Not necessarily a bad lesson to learn. -- Written on a 4 sq. inch BlackBerry screen, which means that the

Re: Apple-Crop: Rachel Carson's legacy

2007-06-13 Thread David Kulp
The "Tierney Lab" links to http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/. Interesting guy. Here's the full text for the curious. FINDINGS; Fateful Voice of a Generation Still Drowns Out Real Science By JOHN TIERNEY Published: June 5, 2007 For Rachel Carson admirers, it has not been a silent spring

Re: Apple-Crop: Rachel Carson's legacy

2007-06-13 Thread Jon Clements
Dave et al, the article appears to be just a free preview now with an upgrade to purchase the whole article. We apologize but apparently apple-crop went on a bit of a hiatus in conjunction with myself, so the posts have not been getting delivered timely. FWIW, my impression of Rachel Carson

Apple-Crop: Rachel Carson's legacy

2007-06-13 Thread Dave Rosenberger
Check out the excellent article on Rachel Carson's legacy in today's NT Times on-line at the web-site noted below. (It will NOT say what you might expect from the Times!) If you go article, it is also worth checking out the link "go to tierney lab" which appears below the skeleton emerging fr

Apple-Crop: Granny Smith/Honeycrisp

2007-06-13 Thread TCJMcurl
I have a Granny Smith and a Honey Crisp Semi Dwarf that have been in for 3 years. This spring they were hit hard by the warm 80's in April followed by a freeze 2 wweks later. Now the Honey Crisp has leaves curling and turning brown then dropping off. The Granny Smith leaves never fully opened

Apple-Crop: Scaffolds 6/11

2007-06-13 Thread Art Agnello
A new issue of Scaffolds Fruit Newsletter for June 11 has been posted at: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/scaffolds/2007/070611.html and contains the following items: Upcoming Events Trap Catches Pest Focus Insects Orchard Radar Digest Model Building Diseases Brown rot control & resi

Apple-Crop: Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News 13:7, June 7, 2007

2007-06-13 Thread Richard Weinzierl
A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 13, number 7) has been posted on the web. To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link: http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html For dir

Apple-Crop: Fwd: Fruit Growers on YouTube

2007-06-13 Thread Jon Clements
Thought you might find this interesting... Jon Clements Extension Tree Fruit Specialist UMass Cold Spring Orchard 393 Sabin Street Belchertown, MA 01007 VOICE 413.478.7219 FAX 413.323.0382 IM mrhoneycrisp Skype Name mrhoneycrisp Begin forwarded message: From: "Moore, Paulette" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Apple-Crop: Scaffolds 6/4

2007-06-13 Thread Art Agnello
A new issue of Scaffolds Fruit Newsletter for June 4 has been posted at: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/scaffolds/2007/070604.html and contains the following items: Upcoming Events Trap Catches Pest Focus Insects Orchard Radar Digest Model Building Potato Leafhopper General Info

Apple-Crop: CCE NE NY Fruit Planning Orchard Tour & Geneva Fruit Field Day - July 24 -25

2007-06-13 Thread Kevin A. Iungerman
HOLD JULY 23, 24, 25 FOR PENDING ORCHARD TOUR AND GENEVA FRUIT FIELD DAY During our two thinning meetings here in Northeastern NY, I announced that we were going on a "Summer Road Trip" - Not! Actually, what's contemplated is a much briefer run to western NY for an orchard tour of several fr

Apple-Crop: Scaffolds 6/4

2007-06-13 Thread Art Agnello
A new issue of Scaffolds Fruit Newsletter for June 4 has been posted at: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/scaffolds/2007/070604.html and contains the following items: Upcoming Events Trap Catches Pest Focus Insects Orchard Radar Digest Model Building Potato Leafhopper General Info

Apple-Crop: pumpkin plot

2007-06-13 Thread Richard Weinzierl
Bill, About my trip up on Wednesday ... The pumpkin plot is an insecticide seed treatment trial that pretty much has to be hand-planted. Do you need me to bring up one or two hand-jab Almaco planters, or do you have one (or something similar) already. Let me know. Rick Richard Weinzierl,