[Leica] Apple Orchards

[Don Dory]

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@N06/53064743453/>
>
> Honeycrisp Orchard -5134.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53064643895/in/photostream/>
>
> comments welcome.
>
> Aram
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