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- From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Best keeping apples?
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:12:17 -0500
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Jim, your request for info on long-keeping apples led me to do some on-line research. This is what I found: Braeburn and Fuji are said to store well in common storage for as long as 8 months. Other apples that are supposed to store well in common storage for a long time are Ben Davis, Blacktwig (Paragon), Blue Pearmain, Dr. Mathews, Empire, Golden Russet, Golden Supreme, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Hunt Russet, Idared, Lady, Limbertwig, Keepsake, Melrose, Newtown Pippin (Yellow Newtown, Albemarle Pippin), Rome Beauty, and Roxbury Russet.
Another long keeper, according to a couple of growers, is 'Suncrisp'. One nursery gives this description: Suncrisp USPP 11,071 Very pretty red blush over yellow. Ripens 1 week after Golden with excellent flavor. Stores up to 6 months. Need thinning, can become biennial.
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Here's some interesting info about long-keeping Southern apples from Big Horse Creek Farm (
http://www.bighorsecreekfarm.com/descriptions4.htm):Scott's Winter
(Scott's Red Winter, Wilcox’s Winter) - Scott's Winter originated in 1864 on the Scott farm of Newport, Vermont….An aromatic apple ripening November to December and keeping until April.Sparger
(Sparger Smokehouse) - This is an excellent keeping apple of North Carolina origin...Ripens in October and is a superb keeper.Terry Winter
(Terry, Winter Terry) - An excellent old southern apple noted for its long-keeping abilities….Ripens November and is an excellent keeper.Yates
(Yates Winter, Red Warrior) - Yates originated with Matthew Yates of Fayette County, Georgia, around 1844. Long a popular Southern favorite prized for its fine flavor and long keeping qualities....Ripens in October and keeps very well until April.----------------
Here's an item from Vintage Virginia Apples (http://www.vintagevirginiaapples.com/apples/pilot.htm ) about 'Pilot', a long-keeping cultivar: "PILOT is also called Virginia Pilot, and documents in the USDA library files in Beltsville, Maryland, indicate that it originated on the John Lobban (or Lobbin) farm, Rockfish Township, Nelson County, Virginia, at the foot of Pilot Mountain, as a seedling about 1831….A local story from the owner of the property where the Pilot originated tells that it was brought from England and valued for its great keeping quality….Pilot stores exceptionally well, and the USDA reported in 1908 that some growers would cover the fruit on the ground beneath the tree with straw, and in the spring would pack the long-keeping apples in barrels for the market. It ripens in October. Burford Brothers has reintroduced this variety to circulation."
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From http://www.knouse.com/index.cfm?do=allaboutapples, this item on another long-keeper:
The York Imperial
According to local legend, it was springtime in the early 1800s, when eastern York County, PA, school children kicking through leaves unearthed apples that had apparently fallen from the tree the year before.
Finding them to be firm, they ate them, and liked the flavor. A local farmer tried one for himself and was equally impressed by the apple's long-keeping quality.
Following the next season's crop, that farmer took some samples to a nearby nursery operator named Jonathan Jessup, who grafted a stem from the tree onto another on his farm. The result is a strain that was originally known as the "Imperial of Keepers," or the York Imperial.
From the early 1900s through 1930, that long-keeping quality made the York Imperial a popular choice for export to European markets. As a result the York Imperial came to dominate the apple industry that stretches from northern Virginia to southern Pennsylvania. European import restrictions put an end to the York Imperial's golden era….
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And now info on some long-keeping cultivars from the other side of the pond...
This is a very interesting item from a British site (http://www.the-tree.org.uk/BritishTrees/Apple/apple8.htm):
Long keeping apples
Some apple varieties are best eaten newly picked, but at the other end of the range there are apples with a remarkable keeping quality for a fresh fruit.
On the long journeys which our sailors used to make, there was always a danger of scurvy, a disease caused by lack of vitamin C, which caused general weakness, anaemia, gum disease, loose teeth and skin heamorrhages.
Long keeping apples, such as the ‘Hunthouse’ variety were taken to sea and were a precious resource in the days before canned fruit and vegetables and vitamin pills.
There is a variety called ‘Hambledon Deux Ans’, which can, with care, be kept for as long as two years.
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From
http://www.innvista.com/health/foods/fruits/applevar.htm, here's some info on a couple of long-keeping apples:Bramley's Seedling or Bramley is the most widely sold cooking apple in Britain. It has an unusually long keeping season ranging from early autumn to the following summer….
Newtown Pippin is an old,
well-established American variety but not widely grown today because the tree is
awkward to manage….This variety produced a heavy crop of yellowish-green apples
which were crisp but juicy, acidic but sweet, and with
exceptional keeping qualities. Ripening in midwinter, they will keep until the
following summer. The tree was unrivaled as an apple producer but very
sensitive to soil and climate conditions and thus it lost its popularity among
growers toward the end of the 19th century.
From: Erdman, Jim [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Erdman, Jim
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:40 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Best keeping apples?
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[NAFEX] Best keeping apples?,
Erdman, Jim, 07/07/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Best keeping apples?,
Charles Paradise, 07/07/2005
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- Re: [NAFEX] Best keeping apples?, Brungardt, Sam, 07/07/2005
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Mark Lee, 07/08/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Best keeping apples?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 07/08/2005
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- Re: [NAFEX] Best keeping apples?, Mark Lee, 07/18/2005
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