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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] red maples
  • Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:40:39 -0600

If you're certain that your 'red maple' is indeed A.rubrum, it may just be that that particular tree is one that exhibits yellow fall color instead of red.   The literature lists: yellow, orange, red as typical fall colors.
More likely just a selection feature than a soil or light effect.

Lucky


At 10:12 AM 11/7/2007, you wrote:
I want to ask what sounds like a stupid question:  What makes red maples red?  We have a red maple in our yard, and a couple of silver maples.  The Red maple turns yellow,  just like the silver maples.  The Silver maples actually have a tinge of red, more than most of the silver maples around here.  The other red maples around our town are bright red - beautiful.  I am quite sure of the variety-I know the difference between red and silver maples.  Could it be soil?  Light?  Jerry in southern Indiana



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