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  • From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] apple tree blooming
  • Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:32:08 -0700

Why would an apple tree bloom this time of year?  The variety that now is in bloom is Fireside.  We had summer-like weather in April this year, followed by a dry stressful summer.  The last few weeks have been wet and cooler.  I wonder if that threw off its internal clock.  Could the tree have gone into a dormant-like state during the summer due to water stress similar to the dormant state it goes into during winter due to temperature stress?

-Mark Lee, Seattle zone 8a




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