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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

HGG fruits are very uneven, the way you describe, for some growrs, though
I'm not sure why.  As to flavor, it is a very unusual aromatic flavor unlike
almost any other apple I've tried, but the BEST?  That would be a personal
opinion.  I do like it, though.
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>From: "dwalsh/wchase" <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>
>To: <nafex@egroups.com>
>Subject: [nafex] HGG apple
>Date: Tue, Dec 26, 2000, 7:40 PM
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>Lon,
>
>My Hudson's Golden Gem doesn't really crack .. it just seems to form 
>crevices.
>i.e. I've never seen an actual (open) crack    Have you seen an open crack?
>The surface of my mature HGG looks more like the snow profile after a storm 
>...
>snow has been sucked away on the windward side of a structure and piled up 
>in the
>lee of that structure so you get these snow banks and gulleys.    I've never 
>seen
>an open wound on my HGG.  Should I be looking at the apple in the very early
>stages?
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>My HGG is about seven years old and almost all of the apples this year had 
>those
>gulleys and ridges.
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>I remember I said last year that I sure couldn't see what the Nafexers liked 
>in
>HGG and all the Oregonians said .. Just you wait!  It's the best apple 
>around!!
>I am waiting!
>
>Derry
>
>Derry Walsh & Bill Chase  email:wchase@interchange.ubc.ca
>Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
>phone/fax (604) 856-9316
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>: Here in Oregon where Hudson's Golden Gem originated, it does crack, but 
>only
>: when the trees are young.  After a few years the cracking stops.  And yes,
>: when it is very ripe, it is soft and mellow like a pear, with a pear-like
>: flavor.
>: -Lon Rombough
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