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[Rondi <nafex@mokalive.com>]

Thank you Richard Moyer. Wish I lived near enough to have gone to  the 
workshops, but it gives some names and numbers.

About the yield; WOW! It's like having your cake and frosting and ice 
cream too. I would just like to have a really good berry (verses store 
bought hard and taste and odorless) without the discouragement from the 
weather. This year was drought and a late spring frost.  I can hardly 
wait until January is here.

I can't imagine apple and pears under high tunnels. Must be real dwarf. 
Would keep the king blossom from getting hit by frost.

And I want a chocolate-raspberry tart too.

Rondi

On Nov 10, 2006, at 11:00 AM, nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

>  Rondi,
> Please see this link:
> http://hortweb.cas.psu.edu/extension/smallfruits/research/projects.html
> Note the yield increases for raspberries, but also the need to select 
> the
> best cultivars for these conditions.
>
> Cornell also is working on fruits under high tunnels.
> http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/Berries/2006_hightunnel_open_house.pdf
> http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/Berries/2006_hightunnel_field_day.pdf
> Marvin Pritts is the lead researcher in much of this Cornell work, so a
> search on him with "high tunnel' will give additional info.
>
> While in Korea, we saw grapes, apples and pears done under high 
> tunnels,
> with the sides rolled up, then removed as the season progressed in 
> order to
> get fruit to market earlier.  Unsure of any US work on these fruits 
> with
> high tunnels.
> Richard Moyer
> Am at a conference with cheesecake with raspberry sauce for lunch and
> chocolate-raspberry tarts for dinner.  Someone is growing these red
> raspberries!
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