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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

Welcome to NAFEX.
I grow Fireside in Seattle.  The two favorite apples in my collection
currently are Fireside and Golden Russet.  Seattle is on the warmer side of
zone 7.  I like apples that are sweet and not real tart.  Fireside is a
great apple right off the tree in September.  Golden Russet is best after it
mellows off the tree for a while.  My favorite apple would probably have to
be Golden Russet since it is somewhat scab resistant due to its russet, it
produces every year, and it is a good keeper.  A few days ago I picked a
Golden Russet that was still hanging on the tree.  It was sweet and crispy.
I found this tree on a bike trail on what was probably an old homestead.
Finding this tree with fruit still hanging was an early Christmas present
for my tastebuds.
-Mark Lee, Seattle, z7

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-admin@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-admin@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Michael Glassford
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:43 AM
To: apples-n@lists.ibiblio.org; nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Fireside and Regent


Hi! I'm a new member both of NAFEX and of this mailing list. A little
background on me: I live near Bangor, Maine, in zone 5A, on 2 acres. At the
moment I have 3 apple trees, 1 peach tree, several grape vines, 2 tiny
filbert trees, and about 50 strawberry plants (half June-bearing and half
day-neutral), as well as a vegetable and herb garden. I hope to increase the
number of apple trees over the next couple of years to about a dozen, as
well as add another peach tree or two, a couple of pears, a couple of plums,
some elderberries, maybe a few more grape vines, possibly a couple of other
kinds of nut trees (I'd love to find a small pecan that would produce well
in zone 4-5), and perhaps some other less widely grown fruits.

To prepare for increasing the number of apple trees, I've been trying to
taste as many different kinds of apples as I can to see what I really like.

I recently tasted two new (to me) apples, Fireside and Regent, and was
impressed with both. To me, both were better than apples that appear to be
much more popular with amateur fruit growers, and I was wondering:

1) Why are they not more popular?

2) What else can you tell me about them (including how you like them, tree
size, growth habit, problems, etc.)?


Thanks,

Mike
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