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["loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>]

In the Midwest my best guess for the "Pie Maker" would be the Wolf River.
It has huge apples and I've heard it called the 'pie apple' because, as the
ads say, one apple makes a pie. Ask them if the apple is real big.  If not
ask them if it's a greenish yellow late season apple, then I'd suggest a NW
greening, also a favorite for pies around here.  The other couple
suggestions that list folks made seem pretty unlikely for the upper Midwest.
An apple less likely  to bear the name, but still excellent for pies is the
Wealthy

Sincerely,

Steve Herje
Lone Rock, WI


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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