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["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

Here on the Illinois-Wisconsin border, 80 miles northwest of Chicago, fall 
is already here, about a month early.  We had 30F last night and the 
previous night.  Trees started developing color in late August, apples are 
holding on trees longer than usual due to cool nights and I spotted the 
first flock of geese flying south this morning, honking loudly all the way.

This same pattern happened in 2000, my first year in the area.  That year, 
it snowed the day after Halloween, snowed 6 feet in December and it was
-25F on Christmas Eve.  January was snow-free, though.  Weather statistics 
are averages, and given that the last 4 to 5 winters have been warmer than 
normal and snow-free in many spots usually known for it, a cold, snowy 
winter is overdue.
Doreen Howard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "O'Barr, R. D." <topgun@otelco.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Early winter?


> My friend who runs the 600 acre Pecan Farm in LA says the crop is at least 
> a
> week early. Whether that relates to an early fall freeze or not I can't 
> say.
> Topgun
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <athagan@atlantic.net>
> To: "Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>; "North American
> Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:27 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] Early winter?
>
>
> > In several of the gardening related forums that I read a number of
> > folks are discussing the way the weather has turned cooler this year
> > earlier than normal.  It went into the midfifties here in the
> > Gainesville, FL area last night which is at least several weeks
> > earlier than we've experienced it here in my experience.  This has
> > gotten me to thinking that we may have first frost earlier than the
> > average this year so I decided against making the last fertilizer
> > application on the young citrus so as to not be caught with tender
> > new growth at frost time.
> >
> > What do you folks think?  Early winter this year or not?
> >
> > .....Alan.
> >
> >
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