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  • From: Neil Lewis <lewisn@georgetown.edu>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 69, Issue 10
  • Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:16:23 -0400

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Today's Topics:

1. apple poll (Richard MURPHY)
2. Re: Triple Crown blackberry-keeping seedlings out
(Mark Angermayer)
3. Re: apple poll (Naomi Counides)
4. Re: apple opinions (Deb S)
5. Re: Triple Crown blackberry-keeping seedlings out
(Michael Dossett)


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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:31:29 -0700
From: "Richard MURPHY" <murphman108@msn.com>
Subject: [NAFEX] apple poll
To: "nafex" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Hello Addicts;

Do any of you grow any of these?

Dayton
Enterprise
Freedom
Redfree
Fortune
Beacon
Norkent
Grimes Golden (any advantage over Golden Delicious?)
Connell Red
Regent

I have all the text book descriptions of these apples, but they may leave out
such things as, 'not precocious, bad keeper, apple maggot magnet, drops fruit
too early, grows slow, poor crotch angles, whatever.

These apples will be for Roadside Sale for fresh eating, and the leftovers go
into the cider press. I am going to buy about 20 trees; maybe 30, on M111 or
EMLA 7 stock.
I have no plans to buy 'cider' apples.

Thanks in advance for your opinions, good or bad.

Murph
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Richard,

I have one Enterprise here growing in my garden in suburban Maryland in Beltsville. The tree, on M7, has grown vigorously on clay soil in a central leader shape, with good crotch angles; it has been easy for me to prune with my limited experience. It fruited for the first time this year (this would be its third or fourth year, I cannot remember how old the whip was when planted). The fruit was ripe a bit earlier than I expected, but this was true of everything this year. Straight from the tree it tasted good, but I gather that Enterprise develops in flavor in storage. No sign of scab or fireblight, and I know that latter was around (my neighbor's pear was badly attacked). We are near a lot of red cedars, and the tree developed a little cedar apple rust, but not much. My William's Pride, for what it's worth, had no sign of disease. I also have a two year old Grimes Golden on M111. It has grown well and has shown no sign of disease but is too young to fruit.

Neil Lewis



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