| Background Information for this page | |||||
| Return to radar list for Hancock NH | |||||
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| Potential preharvest weather influences
on Storability, Preharvest Drop, Color, and Storage scald risk |
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| Estimates begin August 10. | |||||
| The McIntosh 10% drop date is only
estimated after the date of starch index at 3.5 to 4.5 is reported. |
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| Date of first optimum weather for fruit coloring is not estimated until date McIntosh expected to reach starch index 4.0 is within forecast range. |
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| Too few chilling hours to reduce storage scald, cumulative chill hours not displayed until September 1. | |||||
| Date | Estimated cumulative chilling hours below 50 F | Interpretation of accumulated chilling hours |
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| too early for estimate | |||||