[SustainableTompkins] TCLocal on fruit in Tompkins County

[Joel and Sarah Gagnon]

At 08:35 PM 2/1/08 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey Gay, you can forget about apricots unless you have better air drainage 
>than I think you do. The trees are indeed very hardy, but they bloom in 
>mid-April and are very frost sensitive. Even the young fruits are frost 
>sensitive, so you actually need no frost post-bloom to get a crop. I had 
>Apricot trees for over 10 years here in a valley situation and got 4 
>fruits in that time.


Joel

>I am looking at planting dwarf hardy apricots and American hazelnut trees  (a
>smaller sized nut tree good for smaller lots).  I think an addendum on  nut
>trees would be useful.  I've heard of a "hickan" hybrid of pecan and  hickory
>that survives our climate and gives a reasonable nut crop, but don't  know of
>anyone who has grown them.
>
>Gay
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