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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Betty,

I think what you were seeing was probably from dormant Lime Sulfur sprays.  
This often leaves the bark of the trees white.

Michael

Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com


--- 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, 1:47 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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