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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tart Apples
  • Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:23:43 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

I love this apple too. As grown in NY it is a very good apple, reminiscent
of it's Jonathan ancestry.

However, don't try growing it in the Southeastern US. It is quite
susceptible to fireblight.

Anton
Zone 8

-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 31, 2007 5:16 PM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] Tart Apples
>
>Alan Haigh, The Home Orchard Co., Carmel NY
>
>In recent discussion of useful tart apple cultivars, one variety unmentioned
>but deserving is Idared. While it's not the dense fleshed and complex apple
>that I most prefer, people who like the texture of a Cortlandt but something
>tart should love this apple. It's juicy and is considered an excellent
>cooker, reasonably firm, stores well and most of all, unbelievably annually
>productive wherever I've grown it, even when allowed to over-bare.
>
> I think iIdared is probably a regional variety and may not be suited for
>climates much hotter than the Hudson Valley in NY. I forgot to mention
>that It's quite tastey and also a very attractive apple with some resistance
>to sooty blotch and flyspeck. I harvested some today (Oct. 31) that
>recieved only 3 sprays and they were clean enough to sell in a grocery
>store. In this region late apples are seldom so clean out of this low-spray
>program that provides no protection against summer fungus
>.





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