My keiffer was post bloom and leafed out. 
. It got down to ~20F here Monday night. Iām not sure how many of the leaves will even come back.
Hindsight is a wonderous thing.A great learning tool.bb
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Bruce will do great. He took two different 21-22 degree events for me last year and made a bunch of fruit.
They tasted like a plum crossed with papaya 
He doesnāt pollinate my mystery J plum, tho, darnit.
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Certainly have enough bloom buds. Will be a massive amount of blooms! Got a couple last year and really liked the taste.
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I forgot to mention spice. I taste plum, autumn-type spices, and papaya. The plum part is a little weak, but the combo works for me
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After looking over the chart I should have at worst a 90% loss. This is my best season yet for having a heavy bloom so 10% survival would be great I think. My later blooming pears which are at the loose cluster stage appears to have the best chance of hanging on.
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We got down to 21 after a night at 24. It will be interesting to see if Bruce and Not-Reliance (awesome mystery peach!) pull it off again this year. Last year they took those temps well.
My Hood didnāt bloom this year, but I had a tree guy perform magic in my orchard to miss all my trees while taking out a century old maple. Hood was the only casualty but still has one leader.
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Try misting them with waterā¦so that ice covers the treeā¦although 21 is darn coldā¦maybe with some luck the flowers will be preserved ā¦the ice seems to be protectiveā¦and if they are pollinated alreadyā¦yjou might get a few instead of noneā¦
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