Con, you may be interested in these articles in Fruit Notes (http://www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/fruitnotes/FruitNotes.htm
):
http://www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/fruitnotes/v71n3/a2.pdf
http://www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/fruitnotes/v71n2/a5.pdf
http://www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/fruitnotes/v70n2/fn7
RE: *Potential Spam* Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl
I gather by the above heading that Ethryl may be used as a "male
enhancement product"
Evan Owen
Autumn Hills Orchard
Groton, MA
--
The 'Apple-Crop' LIST
My experience will Ethryl bordered on unethical. About two weeks before
a large, beautiful Golden Delicious harvest we had a hail storm. Fruit
sugar levels were too low by Washington state law to harvest so the
packing house fieldman recommended spraying Ethryl to raise sugar levels
before the hai
ot;
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl
Although it is now 50 years back, I seem to recall that ethrel was used on
McIntosh crops in NH around the first week of September, to cause premature
reddening---but also premature drop if they were not picked very so
wrote:
> From: Harold J. Larsen
> Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl
> To: "Apple-Crop"
> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 7:10 PM
> Interesting variation on spelling of the material. Here it
> is spelled "Ethrel." To my understanding, its use
> here in Co
Interesting variation on spelling of the material. Here it is spelled
"Ethrel." To my understanding, its use here in Colorado is more to
enhance return bloom (I think by enhancing thinning in conjunction w/
other thinners prior to flower initiation -- but I could easily be wrong
on that).
Kelly wrote:
> From: Jill Kelly
> Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl
> To: "Apple-Crop"
> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 2:09 PM
> Everyone seems to have a "what's in it for me"
> attitude but not much of what can I/we do. Too much of the
> economy r
use we're Irish? Make that half
Irish.
Art Kelly
- Original Message -
From: Jill Kelly
To: Apple-Crop
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl
Everyone seems to have a "what's in it for me" attitude but not much of
t my peaches. Thank goodness that's only
-7 and -10 F. Too close for comfort.
Art Kelly
- Original Message -
From: Matt McCallum
To: Apple-Crop
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl
Haven't seen any talk on a bail out for a
Haven't seen any talk on a bail out for apple growers, however they
are about to pass the biggest pork filled "bail out" bill ever. It
would be nice to spray a little ethryl on the bill to thin it down!
On Jan 28, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Con.Traas wrote:
Hello all,
I hope that I have not been ki
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