Their prediction that a couple degrees of warming will make apple growing unsustainable is a little premature;
I grow over 100 varieties of apples, including Gravenstein and Bramley, in an inland valley outside of Los Angeles temps far hotter than Sebastapol on about 250 chill hours per year. In fact, I have a nice crop while the nearby mountain orchards are suffering a lean year. Kevin Hauser Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery Riverside, CA On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:46:59 -0400, Daniel Cooley <dcoo...@microbio.umass.edu> wrote: > Thought you all might be interested in this story. > > http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-apple20-2009aug20,0,1483053.story > > > ________________________________________________________ > Daniel R. Cooley > Dept. of Plant, Soil & Insect Sci. > Fernald Hall 103 > University of Massachusetts > Amherst, MA 01003 > > Office: 413-577-3803 > dcoo...@microbio.umass.edu > FAX 413-545-2115 > > http://people.umass.edu/dcooley/ > Office location: 103 Clark Hall -- Kevin Hauser -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
