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  • From: <jelie@new.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Bug-resistant apples (was Williams Pride)
  • Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:22:52 -0400

Hello again,

The insect resistance is mentioned on the PRI's Co-op 17 description page but
the specific insects are not mentioned.

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/pri/coop17.html

Jim Elie


---- jelie@new.rr.com wrote:
> Hey Scott,
>
> I have seen online where PRI's Co-op 17 was determined to be the most
> insect resistant of about 200 varieties. Sorry I cannot site a source, but
> googling "co-op 17" may get you close. There are a number of apples who
> are referred to as insect resistant in their descriptions but like the
> diseases it could be relative to their region. I believe that Black Oxford
> is considered as having some insect resistance.
>
> Jim Elie
> Green Bay WI
> zone 4/5
>
>
> ---- Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/
>
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