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[lee sharp <sharplr@yahoo.com>]

Hi Jack

I have bagged pears and kaki using brown paper bags
just large enough to fit over the fruit 3 or 4 weeks
before ripe with success. I usually tear a small hole
about 1/2 inch in diameter on the side of the bag.

Lee 
--- jack e wigal <kr8z1@juno.com> wrote:
> Hi Ya'll,    I think I remember some talk in the
> past about bagging
> apples for their protection.  I have some new types
> that are only two
> years old and grafted on old trees which have
> produced a few apples and
> would sure like to taste at least one of each. 
> 
> My problem is the birds which are pecking and
> ruining many of them.  I
> had one clump of three Bramleys Seedlings and one
> fell yesterday, so my
> chances of ripening the other two are slim.  I have
> from ten to twenty of
> some other varieties, so may get to taste a couple
> if I can foil the
> birds.   Have also considered a fony owl?
> 
> Would appreciate any suggestions from some of you
> more experienced folks.
> 
> Thanks,    Jack Wigal
> Washington, WV
> Zone 6 
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