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red stems among red and green Virginia creeper leaves against a metal wall.https://oaksummitnursery.ca/pages/field-notes/frostbite-apple-in-its-third-growing-seasonhttps://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/frostbite-apple-in-its-third-growing-season-01.jpg?v=1791267523Close view of a dark red Frostbite apple with faint striping hanging from a branch, with more apples behind it.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/frostbite-apple-in-its-third-growing-season-02.jpg?v=1791267523Several dark red striped Frostbite apples hanging along a thin branch among yellowing leaves.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/frostbite-apple-in-its-third-growing-season-03.jpg?v=1791267544A white plant tag held in front of green leaves, reading Frostbite Apple, Source: Local, Grafted: 2023.https://oaksummitnursery.ca/pages/field-notes/jack-pine-cones-on-a-fallen-tree-the-cones-are-easy-to-collect-because-they-stay-firmly-attachedhttps://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/jack-pine-cones-on-a-fallen-tree-the-cones-are-easy-to-collect-because-they-stay-firmly-attached-01.jpg?v=1791267544Closed grey jack pine cones clustered along the twigs of a fallen tree, with dry brown needles, lying in grass.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/jack-pine-cones-on-a-fallen-tree-the-cones-are-easy-to-collect-because-they-stay-firmly-attached-02.jpg?v=1791267544The crown of a fallen jack pine on the forest floor, its branches covered in brown needles and closed cones.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/jack-pine-cones-on-a-fallen-tree-the-cones-are-easy-to-collect-because-they-stay-firmly-attached-03.jpg?v=1791267544A stand of tall straight pine trunks with green undergrowth and sunlight coming 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sky.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/kerr-apple-trees-just-loaded-with-fruit-in-early-october-planted-as-whips-four-years-ago-in-rich-03.jpg?v=1791267544A cluster of dark red Kerr apples on a branch in dappled sunlight.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/kerr-apple-trees-just-loaded-with-fruit-in-early-october-planted-as-whips-four-years-ago-in-rich-04.jpg?v=1791267544Dark red Kerr apples on the branch among green leaves; the lowest fruit has scab marks and a damaged patch.https://oaksummitnursery.ca/pages/field-notes/nannyberries-ripening-quickly-this-year-was-a-rec-to-get-them-before-the-birdshttps://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/nannyberries-ripening-quickly-this-year-was-a-rec-to-get-them-before-the-birds-01.jpg?v=1791267544Glossy black nannyberries hanging on red stems, a few still green and pink, with red fall leaves 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yellow green ones and a few red leaves.https://oaksummitnursery.ca/pages/field-notes/potting-up-manchurian-apricotshttps://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/potting-up-manchurian-apricots-01.jpg?v=1791235919potting up manchurian apricots, photograph 1 of 7https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/potting-up-manchurian-apricots-02.jpg?v=1791235919potting up manchurian apricots, photograph 2 of 7https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/potting-up-manchurian-apricots-03.jpg?v=1791235919potting up manchurian apricots, photograph 3 of 7https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/potting-up-manchurian-apricots-04.jpg?v=1791235919potting up manchurian apricots, photograph 4 of 7https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/potting-up-manchurian-apricots-05.jpg?v=1791235919potting up manchurian apricots, photograph 5 of 7https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/potting-up-manchurian-apricots-06.jpg?v=1791235919potting up 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bed.https://oaksummitnursery.ca/pages/field-notes/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlashttps://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlas-01.jpg?v=1792054663Pomologica map of generalized hardiness zone bands across Canada and the United States, with cities labelled.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlas-02.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica hardiness zone map focused on the Canadian Prairies and northern United States Plains.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlas-03.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica coldest night temperature band map of Canada and the northern United States with research station points.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlas-04.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica temperature band map covering Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic region and western Russia.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlas-05.jpg?v=1792054663Pomologica temperature band map of Russia and northern Asia with research station points.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlas-06.jpg?v=1792054663Pomologica temperature band map of the Russian Far East, Mongolia and northern China.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/comparing-cold-climates-pomologica-atlas-07.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica table of trial grounds and research stations with temperature values for Ulan-Ude, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.https://oaksummitnursery.ca/pages/field-notes/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scoreshttps://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scores-01.jpg?v=1792054663Pomologica winter injury scale page showing scores from no injury to killed and branch diagrams for scores zero and one.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scores-02.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica winter injury page with branch diagrams for slight and marked injury and explanatory text.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scores-03.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica freezing test reference with a zero to five tissue injury scale and two shoot cross section diagrams.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scores-04.jpg?v=1792054663Four shoot cross section diagrams illustrating progressively larger areas of dead tissue in a freezing test.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scores-05.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica hardiness rating reference explaining a one to five scale where five is the hardiest rating.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scores-06.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica table comparing the winter injury scales used by North American research stations, such as the University of Minnesota and the University of Saskatchewan.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0520/5675/2286/files/reading-winter-injury-hardiness-scores-07.jpg?v=1792054664Pomologica reference page for the sweet cherry Leningradskaya Chernaya, used as an example in the rating discussion.