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  • From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] desease resistant apple
  • Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 07:21:27 -0500

John,

Your apple, NY 75414-1, is available from www.cumminsnursery.com

Does anyone know how this would perform in zone 3?

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI, USDA zone 3


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jourdan" <jourdanj@foxinternet.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:12 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] desease resistant apple


> 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.
> Two years ago I read somewhere that this apple was going to be named and
> released. Since then I have not heard a thing about it nor have I seen it
> listed for sale by any nursery.
> Does anyone have any information about this apple?
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