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Boy, Del,

My 'Centennial' bore 2 1/2 months ago.

If 'Centennial' is that late for you how do you get any at all to bear?

Steve H. (Same zone # as Del, but obviously a world away in climate)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Del Stubbs" <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Raccoon and Squirrel problems-fencing in trees


> I had good success this year with a simple method.
> I hung a foot diameter cylander of 2' tall chicken wire, an inch off the
bare soil, using
> plastic twine hung off the bottom branches. Then I strung over a lead from
our electric
> fence. The  racoon and squirrel  munching ended immediatly on the 30 trees
I did.
> I will only use it occasionally though, since I have several hundred
trees - this year I
> did it because my 8 year old test orchard (85 kinds of apples) is just
starting to bear
> and the few apples each tree had were quite important to examine.
> Long term I am just about done adding a 2' high roll of chicken wire to
the bottom of my
> woven wire deer fence, then I am adding a couple of electric wires at the
top of the
> chicken wire. This all works because racoon's front paws are very
sensitive.
> Just finished our first cider pressing of the apple-crab Centennial,
delicious!
> Del
>
>
> --- Nathan Torgerson <nathantorgerson@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I had a lot of problems with animals this year with my bagged apples.
For the previous
> > 5 years, animals left the apples bagged in clear plastic alone...but
this year was
> > different for some reason.  I never saw what was eating the apples, but
by the "taste
> > and pick another" I'm guessing it was squirrels. In two days they only
bit a few but
> > knocked off 80 other apples in the process.  I fought back by putting 8'
fence posts
> > around the tree and stringing two 6' tall chiken wire around them.  I
topped the fence
> > with bird netting. I couldn't cover the very top of the tree, but I
sealed up most of
> > it. At the bottom of the fence I put bricks down on the wire to prevent
the squirrels
> > from crawling underneath it.
> >     This dramatically l reduced my losses.  The fence staying up for the
month I needed
> > it.  They still ate at the apples they could reach through the fence,
but I actually
> > got my crop of apples harvested instead of stolen.
> >
> >   Nate
> >
> > Donna &/or Kieran <holycow@cookeville.com> wrote:
> >           Jim,   I find your racoon baffle interesting, but I'll bet you
don't have
> > honeysuckle climbing up every object that stands still like we do down
here.  Donna
> >
> >
> >   >A good way to handle raccoon problems is with an 8' chickenwire
fence.  Staple the
> > first 4' - 5' to posts and  let the remainder hang down toward the
outside of the
> > fenced-in area.  The coons crawl up the fence and back down where they
came from.  It
> > is best to put a cross bar at the top so the fence doesn't kink from the
weight of the
> > coon crawling down.  It takes a pretty smart coon to figure it out; most
never do.
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