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["Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>]

To Fluffster, Don Y and anyone else interested,
Tom and Jill Vorbeck list Blushing Golden in their latest Applesource
catalog, and they grow it in central IL.  It's a good keeper and tastes
great as an out-of-hand fruit in January.  This is how they list it:

 Blushing Golden (+2)  that means it ripens two weeks after Delicious.  A
medium-sized waxy coated modern yellow apple with a pink blush.  Believed to
be a Jonathan/Golden Delicious cross.  Firm fleshed.  Flavor similar to
Golden Delicious with an almond essence, but tarter.  The "keeper" Golden.
A joy to eat in December, but, unlike Golden, not a joy to grow.

Doreen Howard, who is pigging out on the Vorbeck's incredible Honey Crisps
this week