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  • From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Fruit Bagging
  • Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:22:32 -0500

Dylan, I used these cloth drawstring parts bags on my peaches last year and they worked very well. This is in a humid, disease-prone Maryland climate. They are more expensive than baggies but can be used for several years. I also tried them on apples and plums and they worked well on the apples but many of the plums fell. Maybe the stems are a bit too weak when the wet bags are blowing in a strong wind, or maybe my plum trees were too immature to set fruit.

I had tried to find a good deal on the footies last year but did not find any, but at the price that Mark quotes they are a better deal than the parts bags. They also may be better for the plums since they are lighter. For the apples I think the ziplocs may be the best because they cut down on diseases as well and there are not the rot problems to worry about.

Scott

I was wishing out loud that I had access to cloth bags, when my fiance
(who is a lighting designer) commented that in her business they often
shipped fixtures with the necessary accompanying hardware in attached cloth
drawstring bags. I had her research a source for me and she found one that
actually is having an overstock sale on 4" x 6" drawstring cotton bags, 9
cents each, 200 bag minimum, + tax and shipping. A bit roomy perhaps, but
the price is nice. The web address is below.

http://www.uline.com/browse_listing_202.asp?besc=cloth+parts+bags

Seems like a pretty good deal, if they do the trick, as I suspect they would
be reusable. dylan







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