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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

Lyle,
Would you give us a little extra detail on the bags you used, 
something like a link to the exact type of bag with a picture, so I 
could have a better idea of what you are talking about...
Thanks,
Claude

Lyle wrote:
> This past season, I bagged plums with cloth draw string bags. I was 
> pleased  with results but we had a cool, wet summer so maybe the 
> result would be different in a more normal season. I plan to do some 
> again this coming season.
> I have bagged grapes with cloth draw string bags for 3 seasons on 
> three different varieties and am very please with that. Besides the 
> grape bunches being full and without insect damage, the bagged 
> grapes remain in good condition, actual becoming sweeter well beyond 
> the grape season. The first year I accidently overlooked three bags. 
> I found one of these bags about a month after the season, in about 
> mid October and the other two in mid November. They were in good 
> shaped and tasted so good, now deliberately leave bags for later 
> fresh eating and grazing. I purchased these small draw string (parts 
> bags) from a Uline Company catalog.
> L Cherney WI  zone 4a