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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 12:07 PM 3/21/2005 -0800, Tanis wrote:
> I'm a "neighbor" of the person who posted this, and I'm worried the season 
> is too
> late for scion collection!  If you want to try grafting in May, one way to 
> help your
> scions store well in the refrigerator until use is to harvest before we 
> get much
> thaw/ freeze-thaw weather.

Tanis,
I've been cutting a few scions here and there since the first of March; 
have redoubled my efforts in the last week or so.
I've still got a little time left to cut what, if anything, I need, but I 
did notice that the little Siberian crab seedling out in the orchard is 
well on its way to being fully leafed out, so time's running short here in 
my hot zone 6.  Everything else, with the exception of the apricots & 
Japanese hybrid plums are still solidly dormant.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY