Europe ( Andersen et al., 2006 ). Selection criteria for cultivars for this preliminary investigation of peach suitability in Norway included early maturity in fall, good winter freeze tolerance, and late blooming. In Spring 2006, trees were planted in a
. However, in North Dakota, ‘Honeywood’, ‘Northline’, and ‘Smoky’ were among the least productive cultivars. Environmental factors most likely contributed to these differences. Weather can play an important role in any spring-blooming fruit crop, even if
with two ovules ( Fig. 1A ). The petals are yellowish-green, small, inconspicuous, spoon- or cup-shaped, and hold the stamens during the early stage of blooming. The normal jujube fruit from ‘Li’ and ‘Lang’ developed mainly from the ovary plus the
choice for landscaping despite its deciduous nature ( Hanelt et al., 2001 ; Huxley, 1992 ). When the leaves alight the branches, it is adorned with beautiful, blooming inflorescence. Flowers produce copious nectar, which attracts exotic birds, adding to
, we randomly selected 30 trees (unknown rootstocks) between 7 and 10 years of productive age. Each time blooming occurred, a total of 800 fruit were tagged with a tape in the peduncle after fruit set ( Fig. 1A and B ), as described by Alcaraz et al
, and changes in pollinator abundance and behavior. In this study, high fruit load before 2016 most probably resulted in depletion of assimilates, which then caused an “off-year” because of light blooming as trees built up carbohydrate reserves
supplemental irrigation was supplied when necessary. The high fruit load in some cultivars during 1 or 2 consecutive years may have resulted in depletion of assimilates, which then caused an “off-year” because of light blooming as trees built up carbohydrate
hydrogen cyanamide airblast applications on defoliation and blooming of mature trees of ‘Valencia’ and ‘Navel’ sweet orange. Effect of hydrogen cyanamide on initiation and growth of new flush of citrus. The results from the screenhouse test ( Table 3
“off-year” because of light blooming as trees built up carbohydrate reserves ( Scholefield et al., 1985 ). This was particularly the case for ‘Geffner’ in 2007–08 and ‘Lisa’ and ‘75-9’ in 2008–09 ( Table 2 ). ‘Bradley’ was the only hybrid showing
June, most of the plants had produced vigorous spring growth, but few had begun flowering. July measurements were conducted when plants had attained their full size for the growing season and were blooming. Height was determined as the vertical distance