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["Michael Glassford" <glassfordm@hotmail.com>]

Mark,

Thanks for the comments about Fireside. We must have similar tastes: of all
the apples I tasted this year, Golden Russet is one of the best, and is one
I definitely plan to plant next year. Luckily a local orchard also grows
them, and I have a 1/4 bushel in cold storage for eating through the winter
(it started as a 1/2 bushel but half have been eaten or made into a small
batch of cider).

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Fireside and Regent


> 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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