<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="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485112131024_4915" dir="ltr">If there is only thing I have learned by being in this business for some 57 years is do not worry about something you have absolutely control over! </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485112131024_5029" dir="ltr"> That will drive one NUTS! </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, January 22, 2017 1:18 PM, Arthur Kelly <kellyorchards@gmail.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3565979531"><div><div>It only takes one polar vortex to screw things up like in 2016.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="yiv3565979531yqt9306710818" id="yiv3565979531yqt21216"><div><br clear="none">On Jan 22, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Jon Clements <<a href="mailto:jon.clements@umass.edu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jon.clements@umass.edu">jon.clements@umass.edu</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">We're accumulating significant chilling hours now here in the Northeast with daily temps in the mid-30's to 40's. I expect rest has been achieved for peaches and some apples, and significantly warm weather could result in bud movement. In fact, the Feb-Mar-Apr period is expected to be above normal in temperature according to NOAA/NWS, however, I been hearing rumblings from the weather fanboys on the internet about a pattern change and significant cold for Feb-Mar. Who do you believe? And what difference does it make?<div><br clear="none"></div><div>:-)</div></div><div class="yiv3565979531gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv3565979531gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Dennis Norton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com">dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv3565979531gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</span><div><font face="Georgia">Art, here in northern Illinois, we reached
55 today. Here I was getting a little concerned about the over
accumulation of chill hours since we were reaching around 640
since November 1, 2016. Then I ran a comparison report for the
same time period for 2015/16 and at this time last year we were
at 740!! In 2015 we had a very warm December, hitting near 60
on the 24th, which I had forgotten about. Looks like there's
not to much to be concerned about this year unless this warm
spell stretched out for several weeks and we reach the chill
requirement for some varieties. Could be a colder February or
March to make up for it like last year. We had a later spring
last year by about two weeks. </font><br clear="none">
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