Re: speaking of almonds
- To: j*@earthlink.net, g*@syix.com, MeditPlants
- Subject: Re: speaking of almonds
- From: J* D*
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:35:10 -0700 (PDT)
I was driving 40 minutes east of San Jose in 34F and
snow yesterday at 6pm, on top of Mt. Hamilton. Then,
driving through the valleys in the Diablo Range, east
of the peak, we found temperatures didn't rise above
40 until we nearly reached Livermore (500 foot
elevation). Blue oaks (Quercus douglasii) that had
leafed out in the Santa Clara Valley (San Jose/Silicon
Valley)--alongside queen palms (Syagrus
romanzoffiana)--were leafless in the interior valleys
of the Diablo Range. How wise the trees can be.
Returning to maritime San Francisco for a late dinner,
it was back in the 50's. While I'm used to the summer
division between foggy chilly coast and ovenlike
interior, I've rarely experienced our radical
juxtapositions of microclimates in winter.
-Jason Dewees
--- Jan Smithen <jansmithen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Oh Lorraine,
>
> And it's so late for frosts!
> Down here in the warmth of Southern California, I
> don't know where Sutter
> Buttes is! Where compared to Sutter's Mill?
> Jan
>
> Lorraine Hoag wrote:
>
> > In the almond orchard of the Hoag ranch, in the
> Sutter Buttes in California.
> > We had temps of 34 degrees at 2:00am this morning
> and had to turn on the
> > sprinklers. We kept the temp at 32. We hope we
> saved the small nuts.
> > Oh the life of an orchardist.
> > L
>
>
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> Jan Smithen,
> Upland, California
>
> jansmithen@earthlink.net
> Sunset zone : 19
> USDA zone : 10
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~jansmithen/
>
> Visit the Los Angeles County Arboretum
> Victorian Rose Garden website at:
> http://victorian-rose.org/
>
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