Re: [apple-crop] Tall spindle trellis

2014-02-21 Thread Mo Tougas
Arthur, My experience from the October snow storm a couple years ago. Our losses were from line posts, not ends. Driven posts did not break or go over, where augured did. Line post spacing under 30' were fine, all failures were with spacings at or over 30'. Hillsides more vulnerable than flat

Re: [apple-crop] Tall spindle trellis

2014-02-21 Thread Larry Lutz
Sent from my iPhone On 2014-02-21, at 7:01 AM, Mo Tougas appleman.maur...@gmail.com wrote: Arthur, My experience from the October snow storm a couple years ago. Our losses were from line posts, not ends. Driven posts did not break or go over, where augured did. Line post spacing under

Re: [apple-crop] Peach question

2014-02-21 Thread Ginda Fisher
fwiw, as a consumer of peaches, it never occurred to me that the callus tissue was dangerous (or even the mold that is sometimes in split peaches) but I avoid eating it anyway. It has almost no flavor, and a somewhat unpleasant texture. But I suppose it never hurts to reassure customers that