[NAFEX] Early apples
Dennis Norton
dmnorton at royaloakfarmorchard.com
Mon Apr 3 12:20:20 EDT 2006
We planted about 300 Ginger Gold on Bud 9 in April of 2004. First fruit was
August of 2005 and it was spectacular. It is the best early apple I have
ever tasted. sweet and crisp when harvested at its prime. Out of the 300
trees we planted on Bud 9 rootstock, we only lost 5 due to the drought we
had in summer of 2005. We will be training to a vertical axis with minimal
pruning. It is a bit late for scion wood, since we have also started to
push buds and are in the peak of our spraying. We have already had over 2
weeks of +50 degree days and have hit some low 60's here in 5A Northern
Illinois.
We also added Sansa to our summer apples at the same time. They are a very
good early apple and have a sweet/tart flavor and we are looking at Zestar.
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
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From: Ribes60 at aol.com
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Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:26 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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