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My guess is that it grows taller in the mild Pacific NW than in cold  
harsh upstate NY.

YMMV.

Ginda

On Mar 22, 2006, at 6:43 AM, Richard J.Ossolinski wrote:

> The Raintree catalog states that, "Antonavka produces a full-size,
> 25'-35' tree."  No wonder there's confusion.
>
> Richard
> Gouldsboro, ME Zone 5
>
> On Mar 21, 2006, at 11:45 PM, sherwindu wrote:
>
> > Antonovka is supposed to come true from seed but in a conversation  
> > with
> > someone at St. Lawrence Nursery today, they prefer to graft an
> > Antonovka
> > from one of their control trees because they worry about genetic  
> > purity
> > and variations that might show up.  I personally would not grow
> > Antonovka
> > for the fruit, but my Russian neighbors grew up with that apple and
> > have
> > some kind of attachment to it.  I'm just trying to encourage them to
> > get
> > something grafted on a dwarfing rootstock, especially if they have to
> > wait
> > several extra years before they see any fruit.  St. Lawrence also
> > claims
> > that the tree only grows to about 15 feet and can be held to 10 to 12
> > feet
> > with pruning.  I'm not familiar enough with standard trees to argue
> > these
> > points, but I feel they may not be correct.
> >
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