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Jerry,

 

It is my understanding that Harrelson is a winter hardy variety that comes out of University of Minnesota and has a tendency to drop early when grown in warmer climate zones.  there are a number of things that can cause early drop such as pest damage, disease heavy wind or excessive heat.  We have had a few varieties such as Jonafree and Liberty that have begun dropping due to the excessive heat we have had and the varieties are prone to heavier drop that other varieties.  So you may not be doing anything wrong at all.   Hope this helps!

 

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
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From: Jerrydana5@aol.com

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:17 PM

Subject: [NAFEX] apple dropping

I had only one tree not get frozen out this spring and now it is dropping apples prematurely.  It is a Harralson.  I have had good crops from it before, and some years it has dropped most of its apples early.  Does anybody have any hints as to what I am doing wrong?  Jerry in southern Indiana

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