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["Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>]

Andrew:

     I used to grow apples in southern Indiana (near heaven) where the
following did just fine (listed in order of maturity).

1.  Wm's Pride (complex sweet/tart) firm and of decent size.  Picked July
10.
2.  Pristine (mostly sweet, spreading tree) Excellent for eating and sauce.
July 10.
3.  Monark Tart/sweet, super firm (for a summer apple) large.  Preharvest
drop.  July 12.
4.  Redfree Sweet, excellent for drying and good for fresh eating.  Aug. 10.
5.  Gala  Sweet, spicey.  Heavy yeilding and requires severe thinning for
size.  Aug. 20.
6.  Sansa  Sweet although more complex than Gala.  Aug. 20
7.  Sweet 16  Very complex (although sweet) flavor.  Large size.  Delinquent
in bearing.  Aug. 28.
8.  Pixie Crunch  Very sweet and crisp.  Productive and fruit hangs to the
tree.  Sept. 1.
9.  Honeycrisp  Super crisp, somewhat bland.  Difficult to grow due to
various leaf disorders. Sept.1.
10.  Jonamac  Super productive, good size, mild Mac flavor.  Sept. 7.
11.  Senshu  Super crisp, complex sweet, med sized.  Splitting a problem in
many seasons.  Sept 10.

    I'm sure there are others which I can't think of, but this should
stimulate others to respond.

Ed, Central Ohio, cooling to fall

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Andrew Bell
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 4:58 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] Early Apples


Hi,

Most of all the apples I have don't ripen until mid-October.  Can you
recommend some apples that mature in September.  Disease resistance is
nice, but not at the expense of taste and other qualities as far as I am
concerned.


-- Andrew Bell
acbell@iastate.edu



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