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["Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@lmco.com>]

I guess it goes to show what a difference the particular environment can
make...Here in SE PA I started a dozen different apple varieties 4 years ago
and the best to my taste have been the Gala's - crisp, sweet, spicy, and
decent size.  The Liberty I find too sour but people who like sour apples
seem to like it.

Andy Correnti
Zone 6b

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> From:         Sam Franc[SMTP:franc@oregonfast.net]
> Reply To:     nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Sent:         Monday, September 24, 2001 2:45 PM
> To:   nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:      Re: [nafex] liberty apple
> 
> Gala is one of the widely sold apples in our supermarkets on the Oregon
> coast.
> It is a pretty apple in the stores but not very tasty in my tests.
> It also seems to lean toward being mealy when very ripe.
> At least in our stores.
> I have a tree that is 10 years old and never had an apple ripen on it,
> so I can't tell how a real one ripened on the tree would taste.
> In comtrast I have a graft of Honeycrisp that is 2 yaers ols and had 3
> apples set on it this year. Picked one early and it was very good.
> Also have a Prima 2 year graft with 3 apples. Picked one yesterday and
> it was not quite ripe but still a lot better than the store Galas
> In general I find the store apples only give one a general idea of the
> real quality of the fruit. They must all be picked unripe and stored to
> make them (edible?).
> Sam
> Thomas Olenio wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is Gala widely available in supermarkets?  I usually make my apple
> > buying
> > decsions based on the fact that the best tasting apples are not sold
> > in
> > grocery stores.  I rather try something grown strictly for taste
> > rather than eye appeal, storage and shipping concerns coming first.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 applehilorchard@webtv.net wrote:
> >
> > > I've pulled out all but 10 liberty trees as they can't compete with
> > > Gala, Golden Supreme, Senshu, our NY75414 is a Mac type like Liberty
> > but
> > > MUCH BETTER TASTING.  Libertys drop badly even with NAA, have small
> > size
> > > even when thinned, not a problem with NY 75414.  There are much
> > better
> > > apples out there in the same season, APPLE HILL ORCHARD is in west
> > > central Illlinois
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