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- From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
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- Subject: [NAFEX] winter kills
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 18:44:37 -0500
Lost two Golden Spice pears, two Ure pears and a Scout apricot from
the cold. 46 F below zero is too cold for most fruit trees. Zone
hardiness declarations are really doubtful. I planted 20 Antonovka
apples last week. They should survive the winters. Not great apples
but they are apples. Planted three Evans cherry last spring by
covering the graft below the ground. Mazzard rootstock is not hardy.
The Evans trees made it though the winter OK. Hopefully, they grew
roots from the Evans trunks.
- [NAFEX] winter kills, Ernest Plutko, 05/06/2010
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