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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

Thank you David, very helpful.

Betsy

On 2/27/2012 9:16 AM, David Consolvo wrote:
> I can't answer your specific question, Betsy, but just make sure you pick 
> land which
> has a broad area well below it.  I'm at 1,250 feet in a hollow, and usually 
> colder
> than a small town below at 700 feet.  But on still, clear, frosty April or 
> October
> mornings it is as much as 8 to 10 degrees warmer here.  That makes all the
> difference at those orchard-sensitive times.
> ~David Consolvo
> Hungrytown, Virginia