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- From: Bernie Nikolai <BNikolai@shaw.ca>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apple Identification
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:27:49 -0700
Hi Margie,
Since Battleford was introduced
about 1930 and this tree was planted in about 1910, I doubt it could be
Battleford. Also the apple is very sweet. Battleford is so tart in
my opinion a person can barely even finish one apple. Usually after one
bite a person doesn't take another with Battleford. Apples of that size
were extremely rare on the prairies, especially at that time. They would
have to be exceedingly hardy, and take many winters below -40C to have survived
since 1910. My best guess is it is a seedling of unknown
origin. And no Derry, Gravenstein is not at all hardy on the prairies,
even topworked in Edmonton on a hardy stembuilder. Mine always died the
first winter when I tried grafting it. Alberta pioneers often planted
seeds of fruit trees, the vast majority would not make our harsh winters.
As an example as I look out the window, there is 10 inches of snow on the ground
right now! This is really early, even for Edmonton, but it does
happen. But the odd apple/plum would make it, and my guess is this is a
seedling from one of the chance seedlings hardy enough to grow
here.
Bernie Nikolai
Edmonton, Alberta
zone 3/2
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[NAFEX] Apple Identification,
Luffman, Margie, 10/18/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple Identification, derry&bill, 10/18/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Apple Identification,
Bernie Nikolai, 10/19/2004
- [NAFEX] Cayenne Paint, Del Stubbs, 10/21/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [NAFEX] Apple Identification, Dean Kreutzer, 10/18/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Apple Identification,
Dean Kreutzer, 10/19/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple Identification, loneroc, 10/20/2004
- RE: [NAFEX] Apple Identification, Luffman, Margie, 10/22/2004
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