<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv1847345860"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2816"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2815" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv1847345860"><div id="yiv1847345860yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476354186022_2848"><div id="yiv1847345860yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476354186022_2847" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv1847345860yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476354186022_2846">Welcome to Southern living and growing jonagold. The old original strain will never get color this far south. The newer strains will be about like your original strains if we are lucky enough to have some cooler nights and sunny days.</div> <div class="yiv1847345860qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv1847345860yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476354186022_2849"> Cold nights, sunny days AND good pruning will get you color. <br id="yiv1847345860yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476354186022_2922" clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2814"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2813" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2812" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv1847345860qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2811"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1847345860yqt7221230998" id="yiv1847345860yqtfd13344"><div class="yiv1847345860yqt3789241919" id="yiv1847345860yqtfd19031"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2817" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2818" face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, October 13, 2016 12:12 AM, Glen Koehler <glen.koehler@maine.edu> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476354668970_2819" style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px;"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv1847345860y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1847345860"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Art<div> A contributing factor to problems with fruit color this fall has been late arrival of minimum temperatures below 42F, A "rule of thumb" from a Cornell bulletin is that optimum coloring conditions require two days with low temperature below 42F, followed by a day with high temperature over 68F AND over 80% sunlight on that day. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> The Ag-Radar estimate for Sanford 9 miles away from you (far enough that I wish we had closer data site, working on that) shows that the two days below 42F requirement was not met until September 26, and Sept. 27 had a high temperature over 68F. But the requirement for a day with high temperature over 68F AND over 80% sunshine was not met until October 6.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> I don't see this formula as a powerful predictor, esp. since I've seen some good color improvement while checking traps and doing fall scab index over the past few weeks. And even if it was a robust predictor, it wasn't based on Jonagold. Still it gives some numbers to possibly help explain late coloring conditions this fall.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> Easy to suspect the drought as a contributing factor. I'm also wondering if you used ReTain on these Jonagold. If so, do you think that had any effect on coloring?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>- Glen</div></div><div class="yiv1847345860gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="yiv1847345860gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Glen Koehler<font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></font><font size="1"><font size="2">University of Maine Cooperative Extension<br clear="none">Pest Management Office<br clear="none"></font></font>Voice: Office 207-581-3882, Cell 207-485-0918<br clear="none">491 College Avenue, Orono, ME 04473</div></div><div><a href="https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/programs/apple/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">UMaine Apple IPM</a></div><div><a href="https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/ag-radar-apple-sites/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Ag-Radar</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1847345860gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 2:19 PM, kellyorchards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kellyorchards@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kellyorchards@gmail.com">kellyorchards@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv1847345860gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv1847345860yqt8798884784" id="yiv1847345860yqt45809"><div><div>Why are my Jonagolds not coloring? Can this be an issue if they have a heavy crop?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="font-size:100%;">Art Kelly<br clear="none">Kelly Orchards<br clear="none">Acton, Maine</div></div></div></div><br clear="none">______________________________ _________________<br clear="none">
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