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["Christopher Mauchline" <mauch1@aol.com>]

Speaking of early apples, 

how does "Early Harvest" stack up against "Yellow Transparent"?

Since I wanted to be "different" a few years ago, I chose to graft 
that rather than Yellow Transparent.  The tree seems nice, but it 
hasn't fruited yet.  Is it a waste of time or not?

Thanks,

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6

--- In nafex@y..., "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@h...> wrote:
> There's that old thing about where you grow a variety.  Here in the 
NW, Lodi
> is essentially a larger, slightly later Yellow Transparent.  Yellow
> Transparent here is mainly for first of the season sauce, so Lodi 
is a fifth
> wheel at that time.  And while YT is nice, at the time it comes in, 
we have
> so much other fruit, applesauce seems redundant.  The real sauce 
apple here
> is Gravenstein.
> -Lon Rombough
> ----------
> >From: Ed & Pat Fackler <rocmdw@a...>
> >To: nafex@y...
> >Subject: Re: [nafex] Lodi vs. Yellow Transp.
> >Date: Fri, Apr 27, 2001, 8:04 AM
> >
> 
> >Lucky:
> >
> >     Lodi quality (at its peak) is equal to stale cardboard..
> >
> >     Yellow Transp. (the real thing anyway) is superior for sauce 
and 
> >slightly better for eating.
> >     However, Pristine (in the same season) simply kills them both 
for 
> >sauce and eating.
> >
> >     Or, at least that has been our experince.
> >
> >ed
> >
> >Lucky Pittman wrote:
> >
> >> I've got a young Lodi in my orchard - has borne a couple of 
apples, but I
> >> didn't get to sample either of them.  If late frosts/freezes the 
last
> >> couple of years didn't get the blooms, the kids & or hornets 
got 'em
> >> .  Someone on the list(Ed Fackler, maybe?) weighed in on Lodi a 
couple of
> >> years back - their take was that it was inferior to YT in all 
respects
> >> other than being a larger fruit.
> >> Lucky Pittman
> >> USDA Zone 6
> >> Hopkinsville, KY
> >>
> >>
> >>
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