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[Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com>]

Thanks, John. Another reason I suspected a spray was that some of the
fields had white trees while other fields had white bushes, which were
probably some kind of berries.

Betty

At 05:18 PM 3/21/2010, John wrote:

A product called "Surround" can leave trees looking white although I think it might be a little early for that.  My understanding (I do not use it myself) is that it is used to protect fruit from insect damage organically.



--- On Sun, 3/21/10, Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com> wrote:

From: Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com>

Subject: [NAFEX] white fruit trees

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 4:47 PM

To the list,

While driving on the highway near Wenatchee, Washington (a great

fruit-growing area) this weekend we noticed field after field of pure

white fruit trees, in addition to an occasional field of the usual

grayish-brown trees.

I thought it might be some sort of early spring spray, but others

suggested it might be a variety or varieties with white bark. Every

bit of the tree was white - trunk and all of the branches, giving the

fields a rather ghostly appearance.

Any idea what this might be? By the way, it was a beautiful sunny

day, with no rain to wash off anything that might have been sprayed.

Betty Mayfield

northwest Oregon

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