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Interesting.........I just compared our degree days here in northern 
Illinois to last year's and we are at 162 compared to 206 for last year. 
But last year we were at 162 only 6 days prior to this year's 162.  Last 
year we started accumulating degree days on March 12.  This year we picked 
up 6 degree days in January and no more until March 31.  Looks like we are 
catching up gradually to last year.

These temps have been playing havoc with our spraying.  We only got about 
1/4 of our copper on due to wind and rain over a 4 day period.  We went from 
1/4" green to tight cluster in just a few days, not allowing us to get our 
oil on.  Some trees are beginning to push pink and it's raining now.  We did 
get our first scab spray on, Nova and Dithane.  Looks like the temps are 
going to push into the 70's by Monday making it too late to get any oil on 
since most all trees will be at pink.  It's just too risky to spray oil at 
pink and the night temps are still in the low 40's.  Since we got about and 
inch of rain between yesterday and today, another scab spray will be in 
order for the next sunny day.  It's going to be an interesting year!

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
http://www.revivalhymn.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Dossett" <phainopepla@yahoo.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Spring is gone


> Sounds like here weekend before last.
>
> Three weeks ago we set a record high of 84.  The
> following weekend it snowed here and struggled to get
> into the 40s, right in the middle of cherry bloom
> (which is about 3 weeks late this year).  Temps were a
> little chilly earlier this week but have finally
> moderated to seasonal norms.  Still, most things are
> about 2-3 weeks behind normal here and the degree day
> calculations have us at 480 for the year compared to
> 720 in a normal year for this date...
>
> I'm looking forward to spring.
>
> Michael
>
>
> --- Steve <sdw12986@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>    Steve wrote:
> Ernest Plutko wrote:
>
> Winter has come back to Northern Minnesota.  Cold,
> rain and snow. ...................................
>
>
> It slid over here now. Barely 40 degrees and snow
> flurries for the last 2 days. The national weather
> service site predicts 16 degrees by morning. What a
> mess that will be if it happens. 81 degrees last week
> and now this.I'm hoping the NWS is way off this time.
> I live next to a lake and that should spare me a few
> degrees. Still, it's going to be a very chilly start
> to May
>
> By the way, we got lucky that night. The NWS was way
> off. It was about30 when I got up. I checked the
> computer to see what the official tempswere at the
> Adirondack Airport that night. It got down to about 26
> atmidnight then it slowly got warmer from there. A
> whole 10 degreeswarmer than they predicted! At my
> house (near the lake) it only gotdown to 28. SO much
> better than 16!
> No flowers open yet. Apples still at the fuzzy tight
> cluster stage.Apricots have white buds ready to pop.
> Plums in between.
>
> Steve
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> Michael Dossett
> Corvallis, Oregon
> www.Mdossettphoto.com
> phainopepla@yahoo.com
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