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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css"><!--#x1e152a8a9f1f465 blockquote.cite2 {margin-l= eft: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; border= -left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204,204,= 204); margin-top: 3px; padding-top: 0px;} #x1e152a8a9f1f465 {font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 12pt;} --><!--blockquote.cite { margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left= : 10px; padding-right: 0px; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;} blockquote.cite2 {margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 10px;= padding-right: 0px; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; margin-top: 3px; paddi= ng-top: 0px; } a img { border: 0px; } li[style=3D'text-align: center;'], li[style=3D'text-align: right;'] { lis= t-style-position: inside;} body { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; } --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Large variation is a sign of inbreeding= Dave!</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Not susprising a lot of blossoms get fe= rtilized with<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">pollen from the same tree!<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">In my garden the frost of June 3/4 was = only  setback<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">for most things. as you noted but somep= laces may<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">have made permenant damage.<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the last few days of spring!<br/>= </span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"position: relative; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: = 10px; border-left: solid 1px blue;" type=3D"cite"> On June 18, 2018 at 7:36 PM David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div> Hi All, </div>=20 <div>     The yard has for several days had flurries of shedding Bl= ack Cherry petals whereas nearby Choke Cherry are in fruit. Most sources in= dicate Black Cherry to flower earlier than Choke but with a broad overlap.&= #160; </div>=20 <div>     This disparity is a good example of the large variation o= f a given character within a species; fodder for evolution. </div>=20 <div> Yt, DW, Kentville </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> ------ Original Message ------ </div>=20 <div> From: "David" < dwebster@glinx.com> </div>=20 <div> To:=20 naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div>=20 <div> Sent: 6/11/2018 6:39:20 PM </div>=20 <div> Subject: Re[2]: [NatureNS] Which Cherry? </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div id=3D"x1e152a8a9f1f465">=20 <blockquote type=3D"cite">=20 <div> Hi All, </div>=20 <div>     With regard to the question "Is this choke cherry o= r black cherry" my answer is "Yes, without doubt it is either one o= r the other." In general, photographs are not diagnostic. I frequently = can not recognize photographs of plants which I have seen and known for 78 = years. </div>=20 <div>     For a sometimes certain ID, one should have a= flora, a hand lens and time to learn.  </div>=20 <div> Yt, DW, Kentville </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> ------ Original Message ------ </div>=20 <div> From: "Randy Lauff" < randy.lauff@gmail.com= 2; </div>=20 <div> To: "NatureNS" < <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a= >> </div>=20 <div> Sent: 6/11/2018 4:36:03 PM </div>=20 <div> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Which Cherry? </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div id=3D"xc861b40515db40b">=20 <blockquote type=3D"cite">=20 <div dir=3D"ltr"> Wasn't one of the differentiating field marks the presence or a= bsence of pruinosity along the midrib of the underside of the leaf? I don&#= 39;t remember which had or didn't have that though.=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> Randy </div>=20 </div>=20 <div class=3D"gmail_extra"> <br clear=3D"all"/>=20 <div>=20 <div class=3D"gmail_signature"> _________________________________ <br/>RF Lauff <br/>Way in the boonies of <br/>Antigonish County, NS. </div>=20 </div>=20 <br/>=20 <div class=3D"gmail_quote"> On 11 June 2018 at 12:55, David&Jane Schlosberg=20 <span><<a href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca">dschlosb-= g@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote: <br/>=20 <blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc sol= id; padding-left: 1ex;"> I vote for black cherry.  The leaves look too long for choke= cherry. <br/>=20 <br/> -----Original Message----- <br/> From:=20 <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@c= hebucto.ns.ca</a> < <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@c= hebucto.ns.ca</a>> On Behalf Of NancyDowd <br/> Sent: June 11, 2018 12:06 PM <br/> To:=20 <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.c= a</a> <br/> Subject: [NatureNS] Which Cherry? <br/>=20 <br/> Offhand I would have said this small tree was a Chokecherry= (Prunus virginiana). But after checking I see it is more likely a Black Ch= erry (P. serotina) based on the leaves being fully out while in flower and = the length of the hanging flower clusters. Which ID is correct? As the capt= ions say, the leaves are ~3=E2=80=9D long. <br/>=20 <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/2786717627= 7/in/dateposted-public/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/278671= 76277/in/dateposted-public/</a> <br/>=20 <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/4268676984= 2/in/dateposted-public/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/426867= 69842/in/dateposted-public/</a> <br/>=20 <br/> Thanks, Nancy <br/> E Dalhousie, Kings Co. <br/>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 <div> <br/>  </div> =20 </body></html>
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