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  • From: Sam Franc <franc@oregonfast.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] desease resistant apple
  • Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 21:32:28 -0700

John Jourdan wrote:

During the late 1980s and early 1990s I planted about 18 different varieties
of disease resistant apples to see how they would do in my area. I live in
Zone 4 just a few miles east of St Paul, Minn.
Three of the trees died during their first 2 winters, three or four needed a
longer growing season to properly mature the fruit. Some had poor quality
fruit. One was prone to disease (although resistant to scab).
At least four turned out to be real winners. Perhaps the best of these was
the test variety NY 75414-1 (Liberty X Macspur). It is more highly flavored
than Liberty and has more attractive fruit. it has a crop every year but
does not overproduce like Liberty so does not require a lot of thinning and
has larger apples. It ripens about a week before Liberty so could probably
be grown farther north

I am interested in your experience.
I have several grafts of NY 75 414-1 but they have never blossomed or fruited in the 4 years I have been growing them here on the Oregon coast.
My Liberty is very prolific.and I get a big crop every year.
Prima is one of the new apples that I like very much.
It is good size and excellent flavor and seems to have no diseases.
Maybe it does not get cold enough here for the NY apples.
Sam







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