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["Matt Demmon" <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

I'll just throw in one more confirmation, I spoke to a commercial orchardist in the area who says that Japanese beetles do not touch his other apples, but strip the Honeycrisps of leaves in a bad year. Yum!

-matt

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Steve <sdw12986@aol.com> wrote:

Doreen Howard wrote:
> Same here.  The Japanese beetles have left alone every apple except
> Honeycrisp.  They have not touched the Asian pears, apricot or cherry, just
> the Honeycrisp.  Of course, they've demolished the grapes and all the roses.
> What is it about Honeycrisp that attracts them?  I have nine apple
> varieties, two Asian pears, one apricot and one cherry planted in beds where
> the trees are about 12 feet apart.  It makes no sense to me.  Hopefully, a
> breeder or researcher on this listserv will have some answers.
> Doreen Howard
> IL-WI Border, Zone 4b

Obviously, the Honeycrisp leaves are as delicious to Japanese Beetles
and the apples are to us.

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