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["Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>]

Barbara,

Have you visited 
http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/vapeachesnectarines.html (Crop 
Profile for Peaches and Nectarines in Virginia)?  They also cover the pests 
and diseases common to the various growing areas.  Hope it helps.

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BRosholdt" <rosholdt@erols.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 8:19 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] No spray peaches in the SE (at least Bristol, TN)


> Richard
> I am interested in exactly what varieties are doing so well at your place. 
> I try my best in my Central Piedmont Virginia orchard, but the peach trees 
> are struggling.  One of my Carolina bell has a lot of gummosis coming out 
> of the tree in suspiciously straight lines evenly spaced, and the tree is 
> half dead.  Extension thinks it might be bacterial, so I guess the tree is 
> a goner.  But what varieties work for you?
>
> Barbara Rosholdt
> Z-6c/7a