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  • From: Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] best apples article
  • Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:05:43 -0700 (PDT)

I've never cared for Granny Smith either and have no
idea how it became so prominent. I even thought at one
time that I just didn't like tart apples. I have since
discovered I do like tart apples. I'm also curious as
to the demise of Rhode Island Greening because it is
very good, far better than Granny Smith.


--- John Henderson <jhenderson@ithaca.edu> wrote:

> I, too, find the choices listed in the original
> article odd: Fuji,
> Gala, Granny Smith, HoneyCrisp, McIntosh, Mutsu. For
> one thing, if
> this is supposed to be a guide to a beginning
> orchardist, there
> aren't many places where Fuji and HoneyCrisp will
> both thrive. The
> choices certainly reflect the changing taste
> preferences, where
> "sweet" is dominant over "sub-acid."
>
> Of the one tart apple on the list, I've never been
> fond of Granny
> Smith, and have long wondered how it came into
> prominence as other
> better tart apples have disappeared into obscurity.
> Especially odd to
> me is the fall of the Rhode Island Greening,
> practically unheard of
> now, but once (according to Beach's Apples of New
> York) been among
> the top three most widely grown varieties in the
> Northeast.
>
> John Henderson
> Lodi, NY
>
>
>
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> From: "ROBERT W JUDY A HARTMAN"
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> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] best apples article
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> Keepsake is also one of my favorite apples. It does
> well here in
> western Washington. It won't ripen well unless you
> have full sun on
> it in the September/October time of the year.
> Honeycrisp also does
> well here. It is very nice and crisp but doesn't
> match up with it's
> parent, Keepsake, in flavor. I also like the full
> flavored Sweet
> Sixteen, a sister to Keepsake, but it tends to not
> hold it's
> crispness very long.
>
> I have seen and tasted Keepsake and Sweet Sixteen at
> fruit shows that
> were not grown very well and didn't have the flavor
> that I can grow
> them to. Under what conditions fruits have been
> grown makes a world
> of difference in how they taste.
>
> Bob Hartman
> Western Washington
>
>
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