ORCHARD REPORT – Interior Summer 1995

By admin | October 9, 1995

  by Clair Lammers Fairbanks   Pick dates of my various fruits. (Apples unless otherwise stated. * = new variety)   Variety               Date Picked Mesabi cherry                   7/30 Pin cherry                         7/30 Nanking cherry                7/30 Elderberry                          8/4 Ground cherry                  8/17 (P. fruitcosa) Chinese Golden Early      8/19 Dawn                               8/21 *Sylvia                             8/23 Parkland                           8/26 Ptitson #5 plum                8/28 Heyer…

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DETERMINING FRUIT RIPENING DATES

By admin | February 9, 1993

By Bob Purvis   “Can variety A ripen its fruit before the onset of winter?” A cultivar’s ripening date is an important consideration, next only to winter hardiness for selecting fruit varieties to be grown in a climate with a short, cool growing season. During my tenure (1984-1989) as president of the Alaska Pioneer Fruit…

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