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Re: [nafex] M9 hardiness (apple)



There are Wolf River apple trees growing in Northern Wisconsin where the
temperature dips to -45F in some winters.  An apple orchard just north of me
near Madison, WI has Wolf River trees on M9, and it dips to -35F there.  Is
this of any help to you?
Doreen Howard
Zone 4--Wisconsin, where it's predicted to snow on Friday!!

-----Original Message-----
From: dwalsh/wchase <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>
To: apple-crop <apple-crop@virtualorchard.net>
Cc: nafex <nafex@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:09 PM
Subject: [nafex] M9 hardiness (apple)


>I put the apple in the title for Dan's sake!!
>
>Does anyone know if an apple tree M9 Wolf River would be hardy in Prince
George,
>B.C. Zone ??  I think it's about 53.5 latitude. It's south of the
southernmost tip
>of Alaska, but in central B.C.
>
>My only zone map is in Sunset's Western Garden Book and all the maps stop
at the
>US:Canada border!!
>
>Anybody on the list from that part of the world?
>
>Anyone using M9 in Ontario, Quebec?   How about Bernie Nikolai in Edmonton?
>
>I know M9 is used a lot in the BC Okanagan, but how far north of the
Okanagan is
>it hardy?
>
>Any ideas will be welcomed,
>
>Thanks,
>
>Derry
>
>
>
>Derry Walsh & Bill Chase  email:wchase@interchange.ubc.ca
>Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
>phone/fax (604) 856-9316
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