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["Big Swede" <jfrisk@pionet.net>]

Criterion has never been very winter hardy here in SW Iowa as it didn't
winter off very well.  It seemed to go into dormancy late so had heavy
winter damage.  I do not believe any of the orchards plant it anymore.  It
was a good apple that kept well in common storage because of its waxy skin.
Judson L. Frisk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Yellman" <dyellman@earthlink.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:24 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Mutsu Apple


> Mark:
>
> Certainly agree with Ed that your apple doesn't sound like a Mutsu,
> which I grow here and is a round, slighly flattened apple.  I also have
> Criterion, which is a dead ringer for Red Delicious in size and shape,
> but greenish in color unless it is left to hang very late, at which
> point it turns yellow with a pink blush.  Criterion is very crisp, but
> if near ripe I would not describe it as a tart apple, no more so than
> Red Delicious.  I use it almost exclusively to produce dried apples, a
> use for which it is admirably suited.
>
> Miller Nurseries has carried Criterion for many years as one of their
> flagship apples, and the possibility of a mixup certainly exists.
>
> Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA
>
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