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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Help me pick which fundraiser apples to buy
  • Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:16:40 -0400

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:18:58 -0400, you wrote:

> Last the best a Roxbury Russet. Old New England apple
>from 1700s. Great dessert apple and cider apple. Like a fine wine the flavor
>is one thing when you bite into it and different whem chewing and has an
>after taste when you swallow.

I love Roxbury Russet too. They also keep very well.

>You also might try planting the trees in a
>triangle, 3 foot on a side. Then prune the interior. Saves space.

This is intriguing: are there any special *dis*advantages
to doing this?

Pat

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