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  • From: "baylands" <baylands@cros.net>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Need info on CAR resistant apples
  • Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:51:12 -0500

From personal experience in zone 5 in northern Ohio, I’ve found no problems from either CAR or fireblight on the following cultivars in which you are interested:

 

No Problems in 15 years: Ashmead’s Kernal, Tydeman’s Late Orange, Summer Rambo and Pink Pearl.

 

The first three have very few problems in my totally organic orchard. Pink Pearl has been very disappointing, not because of the problems you mentioned, but because of many other problems that effected the quality of fruit in a negative way. By the way, we have had problems with FB and CAR on other cultivars, so the problems do exist in our area.

 

Ro Chapman

Baylands Farm

 


From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Uwillard@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 11:40 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Need info on CAR resistant apples

 

I am planting a new orchard in an area with several cedar trees nearby. Removal is not an option, so I am choosing varieties known to be resistant to CAR. Besides the obvious, disease resistant cultivars (Liberty, Enterprise, etc.) I would like to plant some heirlooms and other special varieties, but am finding conflicting info on their disease resistance.

I would really appreciate hearing from folks in CAR areas, about what cultivars work for them. A few I am specifically wondering about are Hidden Rose or Pink Pearl, Pink Lady, Ashmead Kernal, Tydeman's Late Orange, Summer Rambo. We live in East Tennessee at about 1400 ft elevation, lots of rain, hot with long growing season but summer nights are cool. Fireblight is also an issue.

Thank you!

Uma Willard




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