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  • From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] High altitude apricots - China
  • Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:09:17 -0400


Hello,

Something tells me that if any kind of fruit could survive there, you would already find it there.

China has a long history of fruit/fruit breeding, and if you do not find any fruit somewhere, it may just be that nothing works there.

As an aside... What about cultural acceptance? Once you have fruit, will the culture embrace it? Let me explain... My wife's company has many people who come over from Japan. Though we have some of the world's best beef they reject it, and avoid it.

Later,
Tom

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:12:05 -0400, <rivlife@securenym.net> wrote:

Richard Ashton - Mark Lanmon here. Thank you for your interest in helping
the Nuosu Yi people of China. The weather data that I have is for a city
that is near our people group but 3,000 feet lower elevation. I do not
know how to make adjustment for altitude. The following data is for the
city of Xichang, China:

Average low temperature in degrees Fahrenheit: (please adjust +3,000ft.)

Oct.55 - Nov.47 - Dec.41 - Jan.39 - Feb.42 - Mar.50

Average precipitation in inches: (please adjust +3,000ft.)

Jan.0.3 - Feb.0.4 - Mar.1.1 - Apr.1.2 - May3.4 - Jun.10.7

Jul.7.1 - Aug.8.2 - Sep.9.1 - Oct.4.4 - Nov.1.3 - Dec.0.1

I have been told that this is too much rainfall for apricots. Because I
have so much seed from northern Pakistan, my hope is that a few of the
seeds will have the right genetics to survive. I am an amature at this so
I very much appreciate all the advice you can give. Thank you again for
wanting to help the Nuosu people. They currently have no fruit in their
diet. Your friend, Mark.

On Sat, August 26, 2006 8:11 pm, MARIE ASHTON wrote:
One question, how many chill hours do they get there? That is how many
hours does the temperature get below 45 degrees Fahrenheit (thats 7.2
degrees Celsius) in the winter. If it is a mountainous area close to Tibet
it should get a large amount of chill hours. Also what is the wintertime
low (on average) temperature? You may need a cold hardy type. I presume you
know that the apricot is native to China and there are many varieties in
that country. The only impovement that you might get in getting
European/American varieties is size. The E/A varieties are generally much
larger than the Asian varieties. Regards,
Richard Ashton
Oak Creek Orchard
www.oakcreekorchard.com bwoodtx@verizon.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <rivlife@securenym.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:01 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] High altitude apricots - China



Hello. I'm a new member of Nafex looking for those interested in
corrisponding with us concerning establishment of apricot in the high
mountains to the southeast of the Tibetian Plateau in China. My wife
Mary
and I are helping a people group called the Nuosu Yi. Your new friend,
Mark.


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