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[Stefan Brandle <sbrandle@css.tayloru.edu>]

From "Gene Spears"
> PS - Actually, I should mention a 4th early - the old favorite Yellow 
Transparent.
> Ready here in July, worthless as an eating apple (IMHO), but great 
for apple sauce.
> Also pretty fruit, and a prolific bearer.

We have a tree that is either yellow transparent or lodi. The couple who 
planted the tree 20 years ago disagree about the tree type. Any way of 
deciding which it is? Is there a significant difference between the two 
types? (I believe that Lodi is a child of Yellow Transparent.)

Regardless, I have the worst time trying to pick it. It seems that the 
fruit ripens over a long period of time and I have lots of drops and 
have them going bad on the tree. Is the solution just to pick them when 
many are still somewhat green?

By the way, the cornus mas discussion is interesting. I can't comment on 
how well they do in my area (east-central IN 5b) because my two trees 
are only 2-3 feet tall and probably won't be doing anything for quite 
some time yet.

--sb 
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