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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

On 8/16/2014 1:02 PM, tanis grif via nafex wrote:
> Has anyone seen more adventurous wildlife lately?
Yes, a lot of rabbit damage to the vegetable garden. much more than 
usual. The deer ate my rhubarb to the ground after leaving it alone for 
4 years.

I also had poor graft success, but I attributed it to the relentless 
fireblight strikes this spring and summer. Just as new growth would get 
started on the pome scions, about 1/2 - 1 inch of leafy growth, the tip 
would blacken, then the whole area of new growth would blacken and 
necrose. Very discouraging...

Betsy Hilborn