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- From: "Richard MURPHY" <murphman108@msn.com>
- To: "nafex" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [NAFEX] Saskatoon photos / comments
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:17:46 -0400
Hello Squad;
I spent the weekend up at the farm in Maine.
Walking back to the house after catching 5 fish out of the river, I started
eye-balling the plants in the hedge row as I've done dozens of times before.
BANG ! There's a wild Amelanchier, probably Canadensis given it's location on
the east coast in zone 4. It is a multi-trunk small tree, 20 feet tall. I
snapped off a branch and took a picture of the leaves and berries. See Photo
"Wild1a". Then, for perspective, I took another called "Smoky1a".
Picture Smoky2a is a random plant from my orchard showing berry size on
June 10.
Anyhow, I went back to the Wild tree and tied some
plastic bird netting around a branch with berries to let them mature, hopefully.
I did the same on a couple of my Smokies, too. Guys; I got plants that I was
sure were dead as hell sending up suckers from stubborn crowns of Smoky. Man are
they tough. Also, some of the plants that got frost-heaved up out of the soil
and had semi-exposed roots, I mounded some soil around the base to cover the
roots and crown back up. These plants are slow growing.
On the good side, there are a lot of these little
plants starting to bear fruit. Also, not one sign of Entomosporium yet this
year. None on the wild tree either.
Thank you for your comments, and I hope you find the photos interesting.
Yes, I shrank them already.
Richard Murphy
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[NAFEX] Saskatoon photos / comments,
Richard MURPHY, 06/12/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Saskatoon photos / comments, road's end farm, 06/13/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Saskatoon photos / comments, Kathryn Mathews, 06/14/2007
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