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["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

Apples of New York doesn't list such an apple, but Apples of Maine lists one 
called Pie Apple.  The scant data included indicates that the apple was 
exhibited at the York County Agricultural Society in 1850 and the apple may 
actually be Holland Pippin or Sops of Wine.

I had Bruce Hansen graft Sops of Wine to Bud 9 stock for me last year, and 
that tree is now in the ground.  S of W has a sweet, dessert flavor, but the 
flesh isn't crisp--which would make it a good pie apple.
My 2 cents worth,
Doreen Howard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "beth mccrindle" <bvmcc@yahoo.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:44 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Pie Maker Apple


> I met a older couple recently who are moving from a
> farmstead  here in Northeast Iowa to a home in town. I
> ask them if there were any fruit trees around their
> farmstead and the wife talked fondly about a variety
> she called " Pie Maker". Has anyone heard of an apple
> that goes by this name?
> I told her that she could take this tree with them to
> their new home by grafting a scion of Pie Maker to a
> dwarf rootstock.
> Kevin McCrindle
> Waterloo,IA- Southern edge of Zone 4B
>
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