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  • From: "Michelle Horner" <shelly2@wi.rr.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Early apples
  • Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:28:22 -0600

Ed,
The early apple I have, turns out to be a delight: Pristine.  By the time I checked it last year the apples were mostly on the ground in mid July.  I ate them off the ground and they were delicious: sweet/tart and crispy.  I was really surprised after all these years of admonishments about "mealy" and "dry" early apples.  Pristine is one the newer introductions I think, and pretty disease resistant. 
 
Now if they would just develop curculio resistant!  I on the "bagging wagon" this year.  I'll trial this technique.
 
Michelle Horner  zone 4/5 SE WI
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Early apples

Does anyone have experience with Ginger Gold? I have been told that it is a very good early season apple. I have a lot of later apples and would like a couple early ones. I do not like soft mushy apples. I would like to have a stick of scion wood if it is not too late. My apples here in central PA are beginning to push buds some and we have predictions of a weel of real spring weather.
 
The gooseberries and currants are showing green leaves now.
 
 
 
Ed Mashburn
Central PA
Zone 5A




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