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["Dianne Stephany" <iluvdanc@rochester.rr.com>]

HI
..more on Antonovka- Fred Janson in Rockton, Ontario, Canada, had an 
Antonovka that was one of the largest trees in his orchard.  I have no idea 
how tall it was, whether it was standard or not, or how old, but it was much 
larger than the Mac's which were nearby.  I am 5'4' and could not reach the 
fruit on the top limbs which were at least another arms lenght taller; maybe 
even another 5 ft. (Sorry, I am very bad with distances.)   His tree bore 
fruit every other year.

Dianne Stephany,
Rochester NY zone 5

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Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Antonovka


> 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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