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[Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>]

Toni, Peter et al,

I am a little freaked out because I planted a reliance last year in my yard. 
It leafed out very late but fully and all seemed to be going OK.  I was 
advised that in my area (officially AgCan Zone 5a but in reality more like 
4b) the tree would be fine but it might suffer from late frosts and not 
fruit.  However I planted it in a fairly sheltered place and thought if it 
didn't fruit I would do as advised this year and pot it, and winter it in my 
garage until the risk of frost had passed.

Anyway to get to the point, it has absolutely no leaves and no signs of 
getting any.  I pruned it lightly in April and didn't think anything was 
wrong with it, but it's looking decidedly dead now.

Do you have any suggestions to confirm my suspicion?  Do you think it was 
just too cold for it (it didn't seem to be a particularly cold winter, and 
it was sold to me as zone 4a)?

What I am really worried about is the same thing seems to have happened to 
my Golden Russet apple, and based on it I have just planted 2 other apples. 
Anyone got any ideas what I'm doing wrong, before I kill off any more fruit 
trees?

Desperately,

Caren
Quebec.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toni Pralle" <toni.pralle@gmail.com>
To: "nafex" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 3:04 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Subject: Re: peach tree- Peter


> <Questions about your statement:
>
>               I cut down the one that looked like
>               that last year.
>
> When did you cut it down ? This year (2009)? Did you cut it down
> because it was completely dead?
> Are the two trees the same variety (Reliance ?)>>
>
>
>
> I cut the other one down in 2008 about this time of year. It had a few
> green tiny almost leaves on it. The other one (the one that's dieing
> this year) was completely leafed out and had blossomed. Both trees are
> Reliance from Gurney's/Henry Fields.
>
> --
> Toni in zone 4 Iowa USA
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