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No flower buds on seedling, Madison, Contender, Reliance or Hale Haven 
peaches.  A few spots of leafing out so far.  No flower buds on any of my 
pawpaws.  No flower buds and huge dieback on all the varieties of Actinidia 
arguta (all the Actinidia kolomikta varieties are setting flower buds like a 
champ).  Most of the pears I have look fine.  It's gonna be a sad summer.

~mIEKAL

z4 SW WI


On May 20, 2014, at 6:28 AM, Scott Weber and Muffy Barrett wrote:

> My first thought is the cold winter.  It nearly killed all of my peaches--I 
> don't even have leaves coming, and flower buds are more tender.  Some 
> apples may be more winter tender than others.  I know some pears are.  
> Could that be the case with your trees?  With the two that are so stressed, 
> have you checked for trunk damage?  It can be hard to see when it first 
> happens and sometimes I don't notice it until the tree up and dies. Muffy 
> BarrettSouthern Wisconsin
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> 
> Spring here in the Chicago area had several unpleasant surprises for our 
> orchard.
> Of the seven apple trees of various ages, only one had a reasonable 
> amount of
> blossoms.  This Winter we had a heavy snowfall and now wet Spring 
> conditions.  Some of
> this could have been due to a very heavy crop last year, but most of 
> these trees
> do not go biennial, as a rule.  What is more disturbing is that two of 
> our older
> dwarf apple trees have lost a lot of branches and show very little leaf 
> production.
> There are no signs of fire blight, and we have never seen it here. Some 
> of our
> other trees, like plum, sour cherry, and apricot did put out blossoms 
> and one
> young Rubinette tree did, as well.  Peach trees and pear trees also 
> showed no
> blossoms, and they have not shown biennial behavior before.
> 
> The biggest concern are the two apple trees that look very stressed and 
> might
> not make it through the season.  I had sprayed with copper and dormant oil
> early this Spring, which should have had some beneficial effect.  I wish 
> I knew
> what is killing these trees.
> 
>                      Sherwin Dubren
>                      Morton Grove, IL
>                      Zone 5
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