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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>If you are a participant in the 2014 NC-140 Apple Rootstock Planting, please keep reading…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please find attached (and uploaded to the NC-140 Website) the 2017 protocol for the 2014 NC-140 Apple Rootstock Plantings (Honeycrisp and Aztec Fuji).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please let me know if you have any questions. Data for the 2016 season is due January 15, 2017 – but I will accept sooner if you have it ready.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>_________________________________________</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>John A. Cline </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>University of Guelph | Department of Plant Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Box 587, 1283 Blueline Road | Simcoe, Ontario Canada N3Y 4N5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Tel: 519-426-7127 x 331 (Simcoe)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>