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[Louis Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu>]

I've been surprised with the losses here in southern west-central KY.
Actually thought the winter of 2013 was worse than 2014, but the plants
evidently had a different experience.
Fall was fairly typical, with no unusual plummets.  More snow than I've
seen here in 20 years.  Only a couple of nights of subzero temps - and we
had 6-12 inches of snow cover at the time; unusual, in that most years,
when we get into single digits or lower, there's no snow.
Very sparse bloom on any apples or pears.  No blooms on cherries or
blueberries, and extensive winter kill on some 15+ yr old rabbiteye bushes
- guess it's time for some major rejuvenative pruning!
Kiowa blackberries killed back to the snow line - no berries THIS year.
All pomegranates killed back to the ground; have not had a chance to figure
out which ones are resprouting from the base.
Mulberries unscathed.
Hybrid Rosseyanka persimmon and Geneva long killed back to the rootstock
(but both also had borer infestation).  Haven't looked to see if any of the
struggling D.kaki trees survived... suspect that if any did, Saijo will be
the one.

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com> wrote:

> Pete,
>
> Sorry to hear about all the damage you've had. Just wanted to share that
> here at 7000 feet in NM I've had my grape vine (don't remember the variety
> but it's supposed to be one of the hardier ones) appear dead after a tough
> winter only to send up new shoots, sometimes not until July. So don't give
> up on the grape.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay
>
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> On 5/4/2015 8:45 PM, Pete Tallman wrote:
>
>> 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 comple
>>
> tely 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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