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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

On May 30, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Mark Dorogi wrote:
. . .
> I have an Ashmead’s Kernel.  It always sets heavily and early too.   
> I don’t know if it’s genetically prone, but mine is certainly more  
> prone to maladies than any other tree I have, not just scab, but  
> for some reason even the PC and codling moth seem to like it the  
> most.  . . .

I have a big limb of Ashmead's Kernal.  It is also more susceptible  
to winter moth than most of the others.  Looks like it set fruit this  
year, however.  I've started bagging, and hope to finish that  
tomorrow.  (Not that I have a huge amount of fruitlets, but I ran out  
of baggies.)

Ginda