User talk:Wisteriagarden

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Cherry low-temp cultivars
Hello Wisteriagarden. Thanks for your collaborative message. Your email said: "I believe that my addition to the article Cherry should be included. I hope you will agree.

1. I have no interest whatsoever in the breeder or distributor of the new varieties. Their websites are of interest only because they offer technical and practical knowledge on the subject of growing fruit trees.

2. A definition of "chill hours" should be included in the article. It is important to understand how climate and weather influence fruiting of cherries. An understanding of the need for dormancy is also critical.

3. The new varieties are significant for fruit tree growers in warm winter areas. Previously cherries could only be grown in parts of the country that had cold winters. From a horticultural viewpoint, this is an important development in fruit tree breeding, as it significantly expands the cherry growing region.

4. Here is a link to a newspaper article announcing the new varieties: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/home-and-garden/sdut-new-cherry-tree-varieties-thrive-in-mild-climate-2011jan21-story.html

5. Here is a link to an article about commercial growers who several years ago hoped for lower chill varieties that could cope with warmer winters: https://www.goodfruit.com/low-chill-hurts-california-cherry-crop/--Zefr (talk) 19:34, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

6. Here is a link to UC Davis article about the importance of lower chill varieties for California, listed as the second largest sweet cherry producer in the US: http://fruitandnuteducation.ucdavis.edu/fruitnutproduction/Cherry/

7. Here is a link to the USDA cherry production data showing California as the second largest sweet cherry producer in the US: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CherProd/CherProd-06-09-2017.pdf

I hope that you will accept my additions. They offer important new practical knowledge on cherry tree cultivation, on the expansion of the sweet cherry tree's range, and on new developments in plant breeding.


 * The content of your original edit was: "Most cherry varieties have a chilling requirement of 800 or more hours, meaning that in order to break dormancy, blossom, and set fruit, the winter season needs to have at least 800 hours where the temperature is below 45 F. Recently “low chill” varieties requiring 300 hours or less have been developed by a California breeder. These varieties extend the range of cultivation of cherries to the mild winter areas of southern US."
 * I see no issue with the content - which is interesting - but the previous commercial source you chose is not suitable because it is a promotional retail site. Your sources 4-6 above seem to support this content better, and are acceptable as WP:SECONDARY. Thanks and good luck. --Zefr (talk) 19:34, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Talkback
Redalert2fan (talk) 17:34, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Help me!
Please help me with... Article: Morgan Horse (sculpture) needs disambiguation from Article: Morgan horse, which is about the animal. Thanks

Wisteriagarden (talk) 22:39, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Request completed. Snowycats (talk) 01:37, 16 July 2018 (UTC)