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  • From: "John Barbowski" <jbarbowski@hotmail.com>
  • To: labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [OFEX] From Thornhill
  • Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 21:06:30 +0000

Hi All,
 
1st apple blossoms opened today, pears opening, Italian (Damson) plum in full glory
 
Peaches finished today, cherries starting to wane.
 
Apricot (Harcot) finished last week. Saw bug activity around the blossoms, but when the critters landed, it was on the blossom petal with minimal foraging in the calyx. With its sporadic production, (tree rats and cold) the tree is destined to be firewood - hopefully replaced by either a Fameuse or a Pixie Crunch (Siloam was supposed to get budwood last fall)
 
Must have been a mild winter, the unburied canes from the blackberries and Boysenberries survived in reasonable condition. I have a couple of spares that I just dug out and potted if anyone is interested.
 
Bumber crops of Josta's and currents.
 
Tom, I was led to believe that 'Breba' was a term for the initial crop of figs. Last year, my Figs and Brebas started development in March, long before I could put them outside into the full sun. When the figs finally got out in May, the figs lost most of their indoor leaves and half of the Brebas fell off. I found that those that remained were not as sweet as the 2nd crop. This year, I did not let my figs develop too soon. I slowed them down by puting the in my new greenhouse in early March - had to bring them back in twice when the temp went down to -5. They have been outside now for 3 weeks and are slowly coming around. Lost a couple of leaves last week when the temp dipped to zero. Other figs one to two foot from the nipped plant were unscathed.
 
Last year I had about 20 Ida Red apples and about 6 Fiestas from two of my trees. I expected increases production this year. Much to my surprise, I can count on one hand the number of blossom whirls on the Ida Red and no blossoms on the Fiesta! I was worried about thinning the Ida since it is supposed to be a heavy bearer. Should I get out the whip? Six feet away is a loaded Burgundy.
 
Very dry here now. The rain tonight will be very welcome.
 
ttfn
 
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