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  • From: "Regina Kreger" <regina@kreger.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Taste before planting Apple varities
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:30:40 -0500

I ate an Arkansas Black this morning. I didn't like it until I cut it up in
pieces and fried it in butter with sausage. Too sweet to eat alone, raw.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Taste before planting Apple varities
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:02:47 -0800

>
> Bruce, be nice! Everyone is certainly entitled to their subjective
> opinions, especially in all matters of taste.
> I do thank you specifically for the reminder of how good an AK Black is
> after storage; and generally for the great apple info you post. I should
> have mentioned that although I like AK Blacks fine off the tree, they are
> unexceptional until after a few months of storage. It's one thing to grow
> apples that keep well - it's a pleasant other to have some that improve.
>
> Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.
> USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8,
> Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate
>
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Hansen
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:35 AM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Taste before planting Apple varities
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Charles Paradise
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:53 PM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: [NAFEX] Taste before planting Apple varities
>
>
>
> Bruce Hansen wrote:
> Please see response to each point, below.
> > Charles:
> >
> > Have you grown Wolf River, Ark Black, Gala, Braeburn and Spitz?
>
> My experience:
> Wolf River: tasted twice: once in an assortment from Applesource [I think]
> and once at an apple day in Massachusetts [an apple that can pass out of
> existence with no loss, unless it grows better apples in another area] A
> short list of large apples 10X better than Wolf: Tsuru [forgive spelling],
> Danvers Sweet, 20oz Pippen.
>
> I wonder if all those folk in Wisconsin and Minnesota were really stupid?
>
> Ark Black - again, I think in an applesource assortment...but it may have
> been from elsewhere.
>
> Did you ever try one out of storage in February?
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  • RE: [NAFEX] Taste before planting Apple varities, Regina Kreger, 03/10/2005

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