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[Jacquelyn Kuehn <jakuehn@verizon.net>]

Please, fruit fans, take ten minutes to write up a short (or long) report of 
what's happening at your place in regards to fruit growing: good, bad, 
ugly...others will benefit from your experience. Email the write-up to me, 
jakuehn@verizon.net, or the gathering editor, Melinda McCuan, wawo@yahoo.com.

Thanks so much!

Jackie Kuehn


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> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 13:16:21 -0500
> From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
> Subject: [nafex] Frost tolerance of ripening apples
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> I've decided to
> study<http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fruit/msg111118576986.html#>frost
> tolerance of ripening apples more carefully than in the past. Just
> before dawn temps fell to 23.5 F in my orchard this morning. It was just
> below freezing at 9:30 the previous evening and was in the 20's for at
> least several hours.
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> None of the apples on the trees, which include Jonagold, Pink Lady,
> Goldrush, Newtown, Cameo, Winesap, Fuji and Braeburn appear to have
> suffered injury. When I first got up the Pink Ladies were frozen solid but
> nearby Goldrush were only cold. Now that fruit is fully thawed it has same
> crunchiness as yesterday.
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> The problem now is that the leaves seem so burned by the frost that I don't
> know if they can still manufacture carbohydrate.  I was really hoping to
> get the Pink Lady and Goldrush a little more ripe before harvesting the
> remaining fruit.
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> If the quality of any of these apples drops off noticeably in next couple
> days I will keep you posted.
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> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 17:18:30 -0500
> From: John Bunker <john.p.bunker@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Tips for starting a scion exchange?
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> We have done a scion exchange every spring for the past 35 years.  If  
> you like to talk on the phone about it some time, please contact me  
> off-group.
> Best,
> John Bunker
> Fedco
> john@fedcoseeds.com
> www.fedcoseeds.com
> PO Box 520
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> On Nov 1, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Andrew Hahn wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> I'm hoping to organize a scion exchange in Denver this winter. Does  
>> anyone
>> have any tips or suggestions to help make it a success?
>> Some question I can think of are:
>> What is the bed time to hold it?
>> How do you find people that would be interested?
>> Should I arrange for extra scion wood to be available?
>> Besides a grafting demo/workshop are there any other activities to  
>> have?
>> And probably lots more...
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Andy
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