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[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

I don't think that russets are particularly susceptible to scab.

Reports say that in the coastal Pacific Northwest of the U.S., Royal 
Russet/Brown Russet has considerable resistance to the strains of scab 
present there.

Reports also say that Golden Russet is less susceptible to scab than 
many, and my limted observation of an old tree some years ago backed 
that up.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


Doreen Howard wrote:

[snip]

> Are russets genetically prone to the disease or is this coincidence?  
> BTW, after spending 15 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, I've 
> learned that nothing is ever a coincidence.
> Doreen Howard
> IL-WI Border, Zone 4b