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Index of Subjects Thanks. This points to high-spirited kids as a possible cause. Many of the fruit were shed not as individual berries but as entire clusters. DW ----- Original Message ----- From: "F Lourie" <fm.lourie@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 1:31 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Leaf & Fruit shedding > Dear David, > > The Mountain Ash trees on Commercial Street, Middleton seem to still have > loads of berries on them, as of this morning. > > Frances Lourie > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 2:16 PM > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Leaf & Fruit shedding > > 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 > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7227 / Virus Database: 4477/11103 - Release Date: 12/03/15 >
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