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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

I have prepared the Balaton cherry as well as I can. The first few  
flowers opened today. Twenty-five degrees predicted for the next two  
mornings. The tree is fifteen feet tall, so getting the big tarp up  
and over, especially in gusty wind, using an eighteen-foot cedar pole  
and a twenty-foot PVC pipe, was challenging. I have it tied down all  
around to keep it in place during potential winds. I hung a 75-watt  
bulb up inside. Will report whether it works or not.

Sent a photo to Don. Perhaps he can make it available.

I am NOT available for similar work on other homesteads except as a  
long-distance consultant.