[NatureNS] Leaf & Fruit shedding

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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
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From: "F Lourie" <fm.lourie@eastlink.ca>
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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
>
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> 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
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