[NAFEX] Scout Apricot

Jwlehman at aol.com Jwlehman at aol.com
Sun Apr 19 16:59:48 EDT 2009


In a message dated 4/19/2009 2:59:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
quirky at videotron.ca writes:

> 
> I'm in Ag Can Z4b (-30degC), and, although you can find Scout and other 
> varieties in some nurseries here I was advised to stay away from apricots. 
> I 
> was told the trees would grow and even blossom but they probably wouldn't 
> set fruit (just as you described Jim).
> 

Have any of you checked the pistils at flowering time to see if they were 
winter killed which would make them fruitless? Even with dead pistils the 
flowers will open. A late freeze a few weeks before opening can also damage 
them.  

Jerry


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