[Apple-Crop] Apple-crop address change

[Arthur Kelly]

We had a very good bloom and excellent pollination.  Based on that we bloom
thinned with Amid on Macoun, early varieties, Gala and Honeycrisp.  We
petal fall thinned McIntosh, Cortland, and the early varieties.  We are now
at petal fall on the late bloomers and looking for a good weather window to
thin those.  We will wait and see if additional thinning will be required.
The fruit appears to be growing rapidly so we are monitoring that closely
as to thinning.  We are missing some King flowers and some side bloom,
particularly on McIntosh and Cortland.  The bloom on Honeycrisp in
particular and Macoun was very heavy.  Dealing with the Honeycrisp crop may
be problematic.

Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Jon Clements <jon.clements at umass.edu>
wrote:

> Hi everyone, after many year of apple-crop at virtualorchard.net, the list
> address has changed to apple-crop at virtualorchard.com. Please use the
> latter address when posting to apple-crop from hereon out.
>
> That being said, anyone care to comment on the crop conditions out there?
> Here in Massachusetts, after a long spring, with considerable freeze damage
> to apple buds in early April, we are finally seeing what is left. It varies
> from orchard to orchard, but on average we are probably looking at 75-80%
> of an average crop of just over 1 million bushels. Could be better, could
> be worse. Still a long way to go though...
>
> --
> Jon Clements
> aka 'Mr Honeycrisp'
> UMass Cold Spring Orchard
> 393 Sabin St.
> Belchertown, MA  01007
> 413-478-7219
> umassfruit.com
>
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Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
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