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["David Doud" <doudone@netusa1.net>]

 ...this shouldn't cause 4-6 weeks difference in neighboring zones! 

 

it very well could - the difference a week of 95 degree days in August can make to the denouement of a fruit is this dramatic - - an there can be disagreement on what constitutes 'ripe' - peak flavor just off the tree or fit to store till thanksgiving? -

 

I'm trying to find scion from anything in the sweet russet group, z4 hardy, Sept or early Oct ripening, productive in lighter/droughty soil,  and disease resistant.  Prefer a "grower friendly" tree which doesn't require thinning; biennial bearing OK.  Fruit which stores/keeps would be nice.  Is there such a cultivar?

 

not askin' for much,  are ya? - there are several selections of 'Russet Golden Delicious' out there - a sport of Golden Delicious that occurs spontaneously with fair regularity - it meets your criteria as well as anything I know of....

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: tanis grif

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:17 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] russet apple cultivar descriptions

I've been searching the web for apple cultivar descriptions, and I see a lot of disagreement.  Particularly over ripening/harvest dates, also disease susceptabilities, and particularly in the sweet russets group.  I understand that a cultivar will ripen differently in different zones and even in different soils, but this shouldn't cause 4-6 weeks difference in neighboring zones!  Also I know diseases are more & less severe in different local/seasonal climates and from year to year.  But overall, evaluations should come to similar conclusions.  Is there so much disagreement over the russet group because, for too many growers, a russet is a russet?

 

I'm trying to find scion from anything in the sweet russet group, z4 hardy, Sept or early Oct ripening, productive in lighter/droughty soil,  and disease resistant.  Prefer a "grower friendly" tree which doesn't require thinning; biennial bearing OK.  Fruit which stores/keeps would be nice.  Is there such a cultivar?

 

tc, s.WI 

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