On 18 Apr 2004 08:50:39 -0700, (simy1) wrote:

wrote in message ...
consider that fruit trees require spraying and upkeep. not doing so provides a
breeding ground for pests of fruit trees that can affect commercial crops or even
neighbors crops. look around the area and if there are apple trees that are
untended, forget apples unless you like the idea of spraying every 7 days.
nut trees are less fussy. most nuts in our neck of the woods requires a sledge
hammer to open. Ingrid


that is not quite right. chestnuts, walnuts and filberts require no
spray, and (to answer another post) chestnuts are not accessible to
squirrels. Cherry, pear, persimmon, serviceberry, mulberry and pawpaw
require no spraying. If one is willing to build a trellis, hardy kiwi
and grapes require no spray. Of course, blueberry, blackberry, and
raspberry require no spray. If the OP selects some of the trees above,
he can get fruits continuously from late june to november.

what's an OP? I ask as I've seen it twice and couldn't figure out
what it meant in the context used. Clothing brand? Operator? ??

All depends on the area. I read that blueberries are infested by
codling moth and cherry fruit maggots. Wasn't thrilled to see that,
since I have a neighbor who doesn't spray her apples or cherries.
Their cherries are infested with the cherry fly, the ones with stripes
that can fold them up over their backs.. in an odd way.

Some of the filberts that grew next door in Oregon had worms. The
walnuts my dad had here in Boise had husk worms. Didn't for awhile,
then they did.

It all depends on what the neighbors have growing and how it's been
tended or not and what's brought into the neighborhood by others, and
what the last big wind out or the east.. or west or south has swept
in.

Janice