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[Karen Kellogg <garuda2@comcast.net>]

I would be happy to try it on a few plums---- Just have to keep the 
deer away!
Be happy to get the details.

Karen

On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 07:16 PM, fuwa fuwa usagi wrote:

> So here is a new thought, as I never run out of hare-brained ideas.  
> This is a question for everyone else in the group.  I am looking for a 
> volunteer who has a few plums to spare.  I would like to know the 
> results of applying a triangular shaped paper that encloses a plum.  
> The plum would be totally encased, but there would be a bit of air 
> flow.  I suspect this will impede any insect damage, but I am curious 
> on how the fruit will come out.  I have tried paper bags and been 
> unhappy with the results.  But I suspect that the air circulation was 
> very poor.   I now use this method on apples and I am very, very 
> satisfied with the results, although I am still fine tuning it {I am 
> simply using newsprint and strangely I find the colored non-glossy 
> paper “seems” to work slightly better – I suspect it is smellier when 
> wet}.
>
> If anyone volunteers I shall send them set of .jpg s that detail how 
> to apply the paper to make the triangle.  Any volunteers?  I simply do 
> not have anything left to experiment with.
>
> the fluffy bunny