Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The juice apple orchards in N. Carolina evidently don't need this support: or it doesn't get so hot. The humidity in the piedmont just east of the mountains Kross the temperature somewhat lower. Incidentally, just east of Asheville in Hendersonville the families of the costal rice farmers doesn't their summers in the cooler temperatures with fast lower mosquito populations. On Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 5:26 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > The Honeycrisp apple was not developed in Washington and it is not > optimized for the harsh summer sun and hot temperatures we get. Growers > cover whole orchards with a netting that helps lower the temperature of > the tree by up to 20F in mid day. Here are a few shots of a honeycrisp > orchard I drive by on the way to my summer teaching lab. > > Honeycrisp Orchard -5135.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53064743453/> > > Honeycrisp Orchard -5134.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53064643895/in/photostream/> > > comments welcome. > > Aram > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information