[Homestead] "Old" apple trees - How to identify?
Marie McHarry
mmcharry at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 23:03:58 EDT 2008
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net> wrote:
> How do we figure out if they are desirable old varieties? Maybe
> there's someone around here we could invite to come see them who
> knows all about old types of apples.
>
Uh, well, if they're still producing fruit, you could taste it.
Seriously, many old varieties have been revived from cuttings frrom
old, old trees with fruit that tastes good.
I don't know if the seed from the fruit breeds true, but I suspect it does.
Marie
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