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Betsy,

I don't have Burford's List but I do have the list from Guy Ames at ATTRA. 
It is
Appendix 2: Disease Resistant Apple Varieties
found at http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/apple.html.

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard, Zone 5
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] scab resistance


> "I have a sheet on my board of Tom Burfords list of varieties of apples
> he has found resistant to Scab, Cedar Apple Rust, and Fireblight- each
> represesnting a seperate category.  A relatively high percentage of his
> selections for scab resistance are Russets including A. Kernel.  I have
> no idea about the validity of his list except that he has many decades
> of evaluation to draw from.  This experience was derived primarily in
> Virginia.
> ....
> I believe you can find Burfords list if you google his name on the
> internet.__"
>
> I can find many references to Tom, but no list of disease-resistant
> apples.
>
> Anyone have a lead to this list?
>
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a NC