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[Bob Melvin <hasnah8@yahoo.com>]

Hi, Hector and all again,

     Make that Quercus acutissima rather than actissima.  Sorry for the
typo.  Please also see this site:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53590/index.html

--"Bob Melvin" <hasnah8@yahoo.com>, <rfmelvin@ncsu.edu>
Ph. 919-215-2814  (Anyone may call at any time.)


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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:36:34 -0500
> From: "Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Plum Question
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Assail 70 WP is a wettable powder for the control of sucking pests. 
> It is
> acetamiprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide.   Surround never did the
> job for 
> us.
> 
> Dennis Norton
> Royal Oak Farm Orchard
> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
> http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Claude Jolicoeur" <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>
> To: "Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>; "North
> American 
> Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Plum Question
> 
> 
> > Dennis,
> > Excuse my ignorance... What is Assail? Is it a chemical insecticide
> - of 
> > what type? Is it accepted for bio growing?
> >
> > Have you tried Surround?
> >
> > Claude Jolicoeur,
> > Quebec.
> >
> >
> > At 12:39 2006-09-21, you wrote:
> >>We have been growing apples, peaches, plums and pears here at Royal
> Oak 
> >>Farm
> >>since 1992.  We have the same plum curculio issues you all seem to
> be 
> >>faced
> >>with, but we use Assail for them with good success.  Since we are
> an IPM
> >>orchard, we try to control our pest with as little spraying as
> possible. 
> >>We
> >>have no greater pressure on the plum trees than we do on the
> apples.  This
> >>year was especially heavy for PC, but Assail did do the job.  We
> also use
> >>Assail for codling moth and try to time the curculio spray with the
> 
> >>codling
> >>moth spray.  Assail calls for a higher rate for curcullio so we use
> the
> >>curculio rate.  Granted, we use our data from our wireless weather
> station
> >>to give us the correct timing, but if you spray at plum petal fall
> that
> >>should take care of them.  Imidan is also good on curculio as well
> as
> >>codling moth.  Imidan is a contact spray and Assail has to be
> ingested.
> >>With Assail you will still see some strikes on the fruit, but  you
> will 
> >>have
> >>to decide if that is acceptable.  Just thought I would toss in my 2
> cents
> >>worth!
> >>
> >>Dennis Norton
> >>Royal Oak Farm Orchard
> >>http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
> >>http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> > 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:42:56 -0500
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@uslink.net>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Almond Question
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>     I need one of those rubber-ended 'sledge hammers' that are used
> for knocking almonds off their tree.  Does anyone know what they are
> called and who, online, sells them?  Thanks.
> 
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
> (218)568-8483 [Store]
> (218)831-7018 [My Cell]
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> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:27:51 -0500
> From: "hector black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 44, Issue 30; Unusual Flavored
>       Acorn
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> Sorry about that.  It is Q. acutissima from China, I think, that we
> used. 
> Hector Black
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Melvin" <hasnah8@yahoo.com>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Cc: <rfmelvin@ncsu.edu>; "Bob Melvin" <hasnah8@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 44, Issue 30; Unusual Flavored
> Acorn
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> >     Regarding a reply to "Unusual Flavored Acorn".
> >
> >     The message from "hector black" contains a possible error:
> > "...leaching of the Turkey oak (Q acutissima)...."
> >
> >     Turkey oak and Quercus acutissima are different species.
> >
> > --"Bob Melvin" <hasnah8@yahoo.com>, <rfmelvin@ncsu.edu>
> > Ph. 919-215-2814
> >
> >
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