> The fall colours are pretty dull here in Toronto as well. Apparently, > > they're quite spectacular a couple of hours north of here in the > Muskokas. > > I understand that what makes the colours vibrant and long lasting, is a > > large differential between nightime lows and daytime highs. We haven't > had > that here. It was cool days and evenings, then last week, warm days > and > evenings. Up north, apparently they had the right mix. > > I don't think rainfall has as much to do with it as temperature. > > cheers, > frank > REPLY
Actually, the rainfall does have an effect on color. If there was sufficient rain, the maples will color more toward red than yellow. Larry in Dallas
