[NatureNS] Leaf & Fruit shedding

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Dear All,                                            Dec 2, 2015
    Drawing on memory, no more than 2/3 of Oak leaves are normally shed 
before late January and most Beech leaves stay on until buds swell in 
spring.
    This year I noticed >90% Oak and >50% Beech leaves shed by early 
November.
    Also the fruit on a nearby Mountain Ash (Sorbus) usually hang on until 
birds get them over winter. This fall more than 80% of fruit were shed 
~early November; most or all of these were on the ground so likely not early 
and messy feeding.

    I am wondering if this apparent change is a product of atypical weather 
or a byproduct of failing memory.

Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
 

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