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  • From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Bug-resistant apples (was Williams Pride)
  • Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:06:22 -0400

I am very interested in bug-resistant apples. Obviously there is no such
thing as a bug-proof apple but I don't do a whole lot of spraying and every
year I appreciate my few varieties with minimal damage more and more. This
year along with Goldrush, Winesap and Fuji I would add the old obscure
varieties Abbondanza, Pigeonnet Rouge, and Rambour d'Hiver to the minimal
bug-damage list. All of these apples are hard, and all but P-R are late. So
the hard & late is clearly a help, and on the other side some of my soft
varieties were horribly damaged. What I would really like is an apple I
could hit with a couple Surround sprays in the spring, maybe hang some CM
confusion lures in May, and then get a harvest with most of the apples
bug-free.

Scott


Alan Haigh states:
> Speaking of Winesap, I identified a very old one on a property where the
> apples are never sprayed and the owner always gets a somewhat useful crop.
> I guess I can add it to the list of potential northeast sprayless apples.
> Most of the apples had plenty of curc bumps but were still usable and the
> owner says it was a typical crop except with larger apples (I'd pruned it).
>
> It seems later apples and especially hard late ones are more bug resistant.
> This includes Goldrush, Fuji and oddly, old style Yellow Delicious (the ones
> that ripen later and have some russet). I bet Arkansas Black would work
> also.
>





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