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  • From: Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Dying tree
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:59:22 -0400

Depends on where you are, but I'd guess it gave up because it's so @#$&*!!
hot!

I'm wilting and drying up today too.

99 degrees, no rain here for 4 weeks.

-matt
z5 se MI

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM, <david.maxwell@dal.ca> wrote:

> One tree in my orchard has decided to die in the past few days, and I have
> no idea what
> could be the cause. Any thoughts or advice greatly appreciated. The tree
> in question is cv.
> Gideon, on Ottawa-3 rootstock, about 7 years old. It has suddenly wilted -
> all the leaves are
> drooping, the fruit is starting to dry up and wrinkle. It is not black,
> nor are there shepherd
> crook deformities to suggest fireblight. It is just wilting. The trunk
> looks entirely intact. No
> sign of borers, (which I do have elsewhere in the orchard). No holes
> suggestive of voles
> eating the roots. Tree on either side look fine. There are a number of
> healthy-looking root
> suckers springing up, suggesting to me that the roots are in fact OK, and
> the problem lies in
> something plugging the vascular channels above ground, eg. a fungal disease
> - are there
> such things? I very much doubt that there is anything I can do to save
> this tree, but what
> should I do in terms of management at this point? (cut it off at ground
> level and use one of
> the root suckers to build a new tree? Dig the whole thing up and examine
> the root system for
> a clue? Any other suggestions?
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