[NAFEX] Apple Identification
Dean Kreutzer
deankreutzer at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 18 15:34:07 EDT 2004
Hello Margie,
>The fruit diameter is 3 inches on average and the height is 2 inches. The
>skin is golden yellow with a reddish streaked overcolour. I cannot provide
>information on flesh colour as the samples I received were in poor
>condition. It is a very sweet apple but a poor keeper. Fruit on the part of
>the tree more exposed to sun ripen in mid August while those more in the
>shade do not ripen until mid September. Any ideas?
This sounds like the Battleford apple, which is an average quality apple
with good size but is definately not a good keeper. It is very hardy,
however but honestly pales in comparison to what can now be grown in the
Canadian prairies.
Dean Kreutzer
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
USDA zone 3
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