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[Christopher Kennel <ckennel@gmail.com>]

Thanks for helping me understand why I lost several cherries, a peach and 
apples in Denver. In contrast, my Craig's Crimson cherry on Colt rootstock 
fared very well with a good set of blooms this year. I haven't assessed my 
grapes yet, but most of my blueberries look pretty good (sorry I don't have 
the variety names handy). 

All the best,
Chris Kennel

~ sent from my phone using speech recognition, please excuse typos. 

> On May 4, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Jolyn <jolyn@tctwest.net> wrote:
> 
> My locale in South Central Montana had nearly the exact temperature drop 
> over 48 hours in the first days of November.  My fruit tree losses & damage 
> seem to be nearly the same as you report.  Swenson Red & Petite Jewel were 
> on the ground because I changed the trellis so they are fine but many other 
> grapes are coming from the ground.  October 2013 had a radical drop in 
> temperature as well so many hardy varieties were already stressed.  Pine 
> trees and juniper shrubs are damaged in many landscapes. Hopefully 
> survivors will make good growth this year.
> Jolyn in MT
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Pete Tallman
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 8:45 PM
> To: nafex
> Subject: [nafex] Colorado Test Autumn in November
> 
> For several years I have been claiming that 'Niwot' black raspberry is 
> hardy for Longmont, Colorado (front range), zone 5. November 2014 has 
> proven to be its downfall. Niwot canes did not survive the transition from 
> 64 degrees in early November to minus 4 a few days later before the canes 
> had a chance to go completely dormant. (Newspaper said minus 13, but my 
> thermometer only got down to minus 4.) No growth is evident in the 
> over-wintered Niwot canes, so there will be no floricane berries this year. 
> (Jewel black raspberry is similarly impacted.) New Niwot primocanes are now 
> emerging to (fingers crossed) give a good primocane crop in August. A lot 
> of my apple trees were severely damaged or lost, although a few apple 
> varieties seem to be attempting a full crop, like Yellow Transparent, 
> McIntosh, and Almata. Losses are way beyond anything I've experienced here 
> before. Cherry trees are mostly gone. (I have one cherry with a few 
> blossoms on it, but several other trees are completely gone.) Blueberries 
> are severely impacted. Reka and Elliott blueberries look mostly OK for 
> blossoms, but others look pretty bad as far as blossoms go, although most 
> of the blueberries are attempting to start new growth on vegetative buds. 
> There is not likely to be blueberry pies this year. Swenson Red grape 
> doesn't look like it made it, but Petite Jewel and Somerset grapes look OK.
> 
> Pete Tallman
> Longmont, CO
> Colorado front range
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