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We understand that allopathic spray medicines of whatever persuasion make up for specific biological and nutritional deficiencies in the orchard. Ergo, investing in soil health, foliar health, diverse biology, and plant allies makes all the sense in the world for growing healthy fruit. Here's where we prove it.
Re: Alternate bearing - 5 years ago
Interestingly, there are opposing theories on this... For my part, I read that heavy pruning on the "off" year was better to reestablish a yearly fruiting habit for trees that had a heavy alternating habit. And doing this did work for me (at least partly) on a number of trees... The hypothesis behind is that it is on the second year that fruit buds are formed. So if you prune heavilby Claude Jolicoeur - Organic Thinning
Re: Viability of damaged rootstock - 5 years ago
Oh-la-la... The revival of this thread from last year makes me remember I should have followed-up with Katie about the possibility for Sauergrauch Swiss cider apple grafting wood! Katie, would you by any chance have some ungrafted leftover? If not I'll have to mark this down for next year. Claudeby Claude Jolicoeur - Grafting
Re: Does wind chill affect blossoms ? - 5 years ago
Joanne Patton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When we start talking about cold temperatures, do > I care about wind chill or just the real > temperature? It is the "real" temperature that counts. The "wind chill" is an invention of the meteo men. It is sort of an equivalent temperature that would produce the same heat loss perby Claude Jolicoeur - Just Talk
Re: solar irrigation for a remote orchard site - 5 years ago
Why need for solar? If I follow you well, your orchard is on a slope, and you are already considering using IBCs that would be pulled at the site of the orchard. Then, following this reasoning, I would bring the IBCs at the highest point, and the water would then simply flow by gravity. Claudeby Claude Jolicoeur - Sensible Equipment
Re: pruning debris disposal - 5 years ago
For my part I use a chipper-shreadder which permits production of ramial wood chips that are used in the orchard. I think quite a few of us use this sort of machine. The model (which I share with my neighbour) is similar to and I think it is OK, although not great. Very noisy. Claudeby Claude Jolicoeur - Understory Management
Re: midsize brewer - 5 years ago
Doesn't look that much different from a cider fermentation vessel! See here the 30L Speidel cider fermenter To which one needs to add a couple of accessories, airlock and outlet valve (see link on left of page). However, looking more closely, I see a plug there, so there must be a heater inside... That one isn't available from a cider outfitter. So go and get that one from an aquarby Claude Jolicoeur - Sensible Equipment
Re: "Farm-Based Cidery" - The combo of natural Apples, natural Cider, and natural Business? - 5 years ago
Fabio Chizzola Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > but we do need to straighten out the concept of NATURAL > CIDER, CRAFT CIDER, FARM BASED CIDER, ETC for > ourselves but especially to enable the consumer to > choose clearly the type of cider they prefer. These concepts are not so simple to define. But I'll try to give my perception... Theby Claude Jolicoeur - Good Fruit Marketing
Cider in Kalangadoo - 5 years ago
To our Aussie friends Michelle and Chris, I just saw there seems to be an interesting cider project in Kalangadoo - are you involved with this? Are they friends of yours? In any case, seeing this page made me think about you!by Claude Jolicoeur - Just Talk
Re: Thermotherapy for storage disorders - 5 years ago
Mike Biltonen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Claude can you post the text of the original article here > in the forum? Sorry Mike, I don't have it. I only saw a summary with reference to the article given above. There isn't much in the summary: QuoteSummary as written in BioPresse #229 Afin de lutter contre les maladies de conservby Claude Jolicoeur - Grower Research
Thermotherapy for storage disorders - 5 years ago
Anyone heard of this? There is a French study showing that immersion of the apples for 2 minutes in warm water at 48-49C within 7 days after harvest would have a real effect for reduction of storage disorders. I don't know more... I just say the summary of an article. Complete article would be here: REUSSIR FRUITS ET LEGUMES N° 363, 01/07/2016, p. 55by Claude Jolicoeur - Grower Research
Re: Marechal - 5 years ago
Michael Phillips Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds like a perfect addition to tone down > battery acid cider in late October! Michael, for that purpose, Marechal would not be my first recommendation... Actually, as grown in my orchard, the juice rates more like a bittersharp than like a bittersweet, with acidities ranging between 4.5 and 6.5 g/L.by Claude Jolicoeur - Cider Apples
Marechal - 5 years ago
I would like to know if others out there grow the Marechal cider apple. This is a French cider apple, generally classified as a douce-amère (bittersweet). It has been propagated quite a bit in BC by the BC Fruit Testing Association. I can also see that it was in the Geneva (NY) collection in 1944, but it isn't any more. It is also listed in the Nick Botner's list of varieties in Oregonby Claude Jolicoeur - Cider Apples
Re: inserting images - 5 years ago
Hello Michael, it comes at a deception to me to see that in your opinion this is only some bad understanding from computer illiterate old chaps... For my part I have been active with computers, including advanced programming and working with Linux, for too many years to count and I do know a thing or 2 about pixels and bytes. Hence it is not necessary to repeat here some trivialities. I agree witby Claude Jolicoeur - Making It Better
Re: inserting images - 5 years ago
I made some more test, and I now think the problem might come from the coding in this forum. Has anything been changed? For example, here I want to show a photo of my Banane amere tree. This picture is hosted on my personal website, so I do have a direct link to it. The link is : http://www.cjoliprsf.ca/images/photo-frt/banane-arbre.jpg Now, trying to show the picture in this post doesn�by Claude Jolicoeur - Making It Better
Re: inserting images - 5 years ago
Bad news friends... When writing my post about the recent bear visit (http://groworganicapples.com/phorum/read.php?25,2087) I wanted to embed the images within the post, but then problems occured. Hence I simply inserted a link to an album. For the image inserting routine to work in this site, we need a direct link to an image file, which ends with the image filename, i.e. something like thiby Claude Jolicoeur - Making It Better
Bear visit - 5 years ago
Day before yesterday, I was casually walking in the orchard, looking at the trees I still hadn't harvested and evaluating how much work I still had to do... Since I wasn't looking much at the ground level, I suddently noticed I almost walked on a "beautiful" mass of what looks like apple sauce with chunks of apples - Oh, the bear came by... It's probably the same one Iby Claude Jolicoeur - Mammalian Tales
Re: labeling grafts - 5 years ago
Hello Fabio, Did you make your trip to visit cideries in Italy yet? As of recording graft location, I have quite a number of multiple variety tree. I work with cardinal direction and height of branch. Height is recorded as low, medium-low, medium, medium-high, high, very-high, and head So for example, ML-SSW is a medium-low branch facing in the direction South-South-West. In 30 years of doingby Claude Jolicoeur - Grafting
Re: shifting pest preferences and timing - 5 years ago
This reminds me of an article I read many years ago, about the evolution of the Apple Maggot Fly. This insect is indigenous of North America, but the apple tree is not... Originally, the AMF used the hawthorn fruit and it took quite some time before it started to attack the apples after the Europeans introduced the apple in America. Eventually, if I remember correctly, the species evolved in 2 diby Claude Jolicoeur - Bug by Bug
Re: Seasons, Dropping, Ripeness, and what to do... - 5 years ago
David, the "official" test to determine if an apple is ripe is the iodine test. When the apple is ripe, there is no more starch in the flesh and the iodine test stays yellow - while if there is starch, it becomes dark blue or purple. You can use for that test simple iodine tincture easily bought at the pharmacy, and with an eye dropper, just drop a drop on the transversally cut apple.by Claude Jolicoeur - Cider Apples
Re: shifting pest preferences and timing - 5 years ago
Michael Phillips Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >Just as others are probably > seeing European Apple Sawfly (EAS) for the first > time as it moves westward and southward at a > greater pace than anticipated. > What's changing in your corner of the world? Well, today I harvested the tree that historically always had a lot of sawfly whicby Claude Jolicoeur - Bug by Bug
Re: Panic Stations- RHAB - 5 years ago
As of the borers, they are everywhere (in eastern Canada) as far as I know... So I wouldn't blame your mom or pop too much... David, who isn't very far from you could tell you a lot about them. They require a lot of inspection - I make a thorough borer inspection to all my young trees at least 3-4 times a year. I like to use a #14 copper wire - this is the type of wire used for houseby Claude Jolicoeur - Bug by Bug
Re: Panic Stations- RHAB - 5 years ago
Please... Be more explicit - what is RHAB? Also, what is a "mom and pop" operation?by Claude Jolicoeur - Bug by Bug
Re: Rodents - Friend or Foe? - 5 years ago
Todd Parlo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I believe there is a > place for all in the ecosystem, and often it is > more complicated than I understand, but this is > where I step in as boss. These sassy ingrates will > be trapped or shot...or both, I am pretty mad. Yes... Once in a while it is necessary to say "Enough is enough".by Claude Jolicoeur - Ecosystem Connections
Re: The blood runs within - 5 years ago
Zea Sonnabend Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, this is attributed to Fred Janson, but my > source, Trees of Antiquity, says it is Pink Pearl > crossed with Bronze Leaf Crab. I don't want to say anything against Trees of Antiquity, but in my opinion, the information originating from the breeder (Fred Janson) has good chances to be the mostby Claude Jolicoeur - Apples
Re: Yarlington Mill - 5 years ago
David Maxwell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (I am trying faithfully to follow the excellent > instructions on how to post images, but it isn't > working. However, it looks as though if you click > on the little green line in the box above, saying > "open image URL", it will actually open the > picture. Michael(s), any idby Claude Jolicoeur - Cider Apples
Re: The blood runs within - 6 years ago
Zea Sonnabend Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pink Princess is a cross of Pink Pearl with a crab apple.... Zea, is this the Pink Princess that was bred by Fred Janson in Ontario? It was first introduced as Pink Lady in 1977, but the Australians did also release a Pink Lady, so Fred changed its name to Pink Princess in 1998... If that is the one, it wouldby Claude Jolicoeur - Apples
Re: Changes to Portal Greeting - 6 years ago
Yes, it sort of have a personal message, but my name isn't there... no "Welcome Claude". I get the message coded 3A as follows: Quotetext from top of portal page Meanwhile, back at the portal... Your support of the Holistic Orchard Network empowers all of us! Keep sharing your intuitive thoughts and observations. Thank you for maintaining an active presence with your Orchard Prby Claude Jolicoeur - Making It Better
Re: Bridge grafting - 6 years ago
QuoteDavid wrote: I have never been able to drive nails in to hold the graft tight and immobile, but recently I have taken to using #5 1inch screws. How about using T50 staples. Anyone has done that? Any counter indication? Claudeby Claude Jolicoeur - Grafting
Bridge grafting - 6 years ago
I have a nice tree that was entirely girgled by voles (I suppose these were culprits, but maybe other rodents could do this) during the winter 2014-15. The bark was entirely eaten all around on a length of about 8 inches. I had to dig 2-3" under the surface to find uneaten wood. The diameter of the trunk is about 4". I attempted 3 bridge grafts in spring 2015, but they all failed. Iby Claude Jolicoeur - Grafting
Very odd apple tree - 6 years ago
Travelling in France these days to present my new book to French cider makers, I stumbled on this very odd shaped apple tree. Someone back 40 or 50 years ago really did something special! Claudeby Claude Jolicoeur - Just Talk