Here in Oxford County (Maine) we had 25 below last week. Of course it's a matter of local pride to report the lowest, or highest temp on a particular day. I have about 10 peaches I grafted from a chance seedling that has good features. Not sure how they like these temps.
On another topic, the federal law governing organic foods was recently amended by lobbyists hired by some manufacturers. This will allow synthetic ingredients to be added to organic-labeled foods. If this is important to you, please visit my website, www.RestoreOrganicLaw..org --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Jill Kelly <kelly...@metrocast.net> wrote: > From: Jill Kelly <kelly...@metrocast.net> > Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl > To: "Apple-Crop" <apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> > Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 2:09 PM > Everyone seems to have a "what's in it for me" > attitude but not much of what can I/we do. Too much of the > economy running through the government makes me nervous. We > have a market economy which may be easier to muck-up than > fix-up. If markets are allowed to work(with adequate > regulation) our economy and society will be stronger. > Competion (with adequate regulation) makes us stronger. > Anyone want to buy some Mac's? It is snowing today in > Maine and after this storm we should have about 3 feet on > the ground. Last week we had -18 and -23 and I was > wondering about my peaches. Thank goodness that's only > -7 and -10 F. Too close for comfort. > > Art Kelly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matt McCallum > To: Apple-Crop > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Ethryl > > > Haven't seen any talk on a bail out for apple > growers, however they are about to pass the biggest pork > filled "bail out" bill ever. It would be nice to > spray a little ethryl on the bill to thin it down! > > > On Jan 28, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Con.Traas wrote: > > > Hello all, > I hope that I have not been kicked off apple crop for > bad behaviour. I have not seen any posts in a little while. > In the past few weeks I have been analysing results of > farm-scale trials on the use of post-blossom ethryl to cause > thinning in apples. The results seem to be very variable, > depending on variety, with Alkmene and Bramley’s > practically unaffected, and Katja, Jonagored and Elstar > dropping a lot of apples, but with little positive effect on > fruit size. > As this is my first year trying this chemical, I would > be interested in any observations. > Con Traas > Cahir > Ireland > > PS. Congratulations to the US readers on your new > President. Do you expect any effects on pomology? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements <webmas...@virtualorchard.net>. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent "official" opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content.
