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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

This is a nice list of varieties. I am also in zone 4, near Quebec City,
and there are a few that I have tried.

Brown's Apple, Yarlington Mill, Duchesse, Golden Russet all go well in my
orchard and should do alike in yours. A few other cider apples that I would
recommend are Bulmer's Norman and Breakwell's Seedling.

However, there are some in your list that didn't do well - most notably
Calville Blanc wich lacks hardiness and was extremely prone to scab in my
location - I had to remove it although it is a superior apple. Chisel
Jersey, St-Edmund and Roxbury also don't perform very well. For Roxbury and
Chisel Jersey, I think the season is not long enough for the fruit to ripen
properly, but I am still trying...

P.S. reading the beginning of your message, I thought for a minute you were
in France - Calais, Montpelier...

Claude Jolicoeur, Quebec.


A 09:42 02.07.03 -0400, vous avez écrit :
>Hello all:
>My wife and I are in the process of finally buying our first home located 
>in Calais, VT, eight miles north of our capital, Montpelier.  We will have 
>ten acres to play with, mostly wooded but with a clearing below the house 
>of about one acre. 
>All trees will be on semi-dwarfing rootstock, M7 or CG30.  Obviously I have 
>included some eating fruit in here, but ones that I do not have at the 
>research orchard.  I will most likely weed out a few of these, and am 
>looking for advice on which to avoid in a zone 4 location.
>