Don' t know about MD, but up here in PA, the PGC says flush rates were down last year though I didn' t notice and thought it was a decent year, but the ice storm over the winter must have been hard on them cause winters aren' t supposed to be that hard on them if they can get to the tree buds, but the real problem may be the wet spring and that may have been what really did them in this year. Flushes for me are way down in N. PA this year.