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    From gloria p@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 21 19:44:14 2018
    Driving back to CO from CA Tuesday we stopped in Palisade, Colorado's agriculture center for fruit and wines. I bought a 20 lb box of
    apricots which were turned into 40 jars of jam, 5 batches. I feel very accomplished today except I have cleaned the counters three times and
    they still feel a wee bit sticky to me.

    gloria p

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  • From Wayne Boatwright@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 22 02:38:46 2018
    On Thu 21 Jun 2018 06:44:14p, gloria p told us...


    Driving back to CO from CA Tuesday we stopped in Palisade,
    Colorado's agriculture center for fruit and wines. I bought a 20
    lb box of apricots which were turned into 40 jars of jam, 5
    batches. I feel very accomplished today except I have cleaned the
    counters three times and they still feel a wee bit sticky to me.

    gloria p


    That sounds delicious!

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to gloria p on Fri Jun 22 19:10:19 2018
    gloria p wrote:

    Driving back to CO from CA Tuesday we stopped in Palisade, Colorado's agriculture center for fruit and wines. I bought a 20 lb box of
    apricots which were turned into 40 jars of jam, 5 batches. I feel very accomplished today except I have cleaned the counters three times and
    they still feel a wee bit sticky to me.

    mmm, love apricot jam. :)


    songbird

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  • From Boron Elgar@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 24 16:45:22 2018
    On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:44:14 -0600, gloria p <[email protected]>
    wrote:


    Driving back to CO from CA Tuesday we stopped in Palisade, Colorado's >agriculture center for fruit and wines. I bought a 20 lb box of
    apricots which were turned into 40 jars of jam, 5 batches. I feel very >accomplished today except I have cleaned the counters three times and
    they still feel a wee bit sticky to me.

    gloria p


    How is your tree?

    I planted 2 apricots this year. Looking forward to a future with some
    jam from them.

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  • From gloria p@21:1/5 to Boron Elgar on Sun Jul 8 17:24:42 2018
    On 6/24/2018 2:45 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
    On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:44:14 -0600, gloria p <[email protected]>
    wrote:


    Driving back to CO from CA Tuesday we stopped in Palisade, Colorado's
    agriculture center for fruit and wines. I bought a 20 lb box of
    apricots which were turned into 40 jars of jam, 5 batches. I feel very
    accomplished today except I have cleaned the counters three times and
    they still feel a wee bit sticky to me.

    gloria p


    How is your tree?

    I planted 2 apricots this year. Looking forward to a future with some
    jam from them.


    Our two trees, planted about 30 years ago, have produced only 4-5 crops
    in all that time. They bloom too early and the blossoms or tiny fruit
    get caught in snow or freezes (which can happen here till mid June) and
    we get no fruit. When the weather does hold off, we get bushels and
    have enough to make tons of jam plus lots of fruit for the neighbors.
    It's funny to watch the squirrels run up the trees, pick a fruit, then
    come down and up a nearby 30 ft. pine to eat it. We end up with piles
    of pits below where they perch. The birds are somewhat interested, but
    not nearly as much as they are in the cherry tree.
    gp

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