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- From: "D Stubbs" <dsmndel@gmail.com>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] apple poll
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:48:59 -0500
We're in zone 2/3. Heavy well sloped soil. Of your list we have Redfree, Regent, Norkent, Beacon.
I harvested our first Redfree yesterday, not precocious, large smooth evenly red good looking apple, average flavor, easy tree to shape open. ( grafted below ground on Renetka 11 years ago)
Norkent (pf5) from Canada is my wife's favorite eating apple of 50 some we have fruited so far, be sure to let it tree ripen, fairly precocious, very produtive, ripens over a month, was grafted above ground on bud 118, wants to grow tight and vertical, a struggle to open it up, I will be grafting more of these.
Regent, lovely apple, common a couple hundred miles south of us in MN. Good tree shape.
Beacon, on Bud9, wants to grow vertical, I only planted it for its hardiness, will probably juice this one, rather than sell it for eating.
Del
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Richard MURPHY <murphman108@msn.com> wrote:
Hello Addicts;Do any of you grow any of these?DaytonEnterpriseFreedomRedfreeFortuneBeaconNorkentGrimes Golden (any advantage over Golden Delicious?)Connell RedRegentI 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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Del, 2b/3a n. Mn
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[NAFEX] apple poll,
Richard MURPHY, 10/08/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] apple poll,
Naomi Counides, 10/08/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] apple poll,
Eddie Earles, 10/09/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] apple poll, Donna &/or Kieran, 10/09/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] apple poll,
Eddie Earles, 10/09/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] apple poll, Eddie Earles, 10/09/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] apple poll, Karen Tillou, 10/09/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] apple poll, D Stubbs, 10/12/2008
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- [NAFEX] apple poll, Alan Haigh, 10/09/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] apple poll,
Applesrgoodforu, 10/12/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] apple poll, Steve, 10/12/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] apple poll, George Brinson, 10/12/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] apple poll,
Applesrgoodforu, 10/12/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] apple poll, Karen Tillou, 10/12/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple poll, EmailUser samurphy, 10/12/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] apple poll,
Naomi Counides, 10/08/2008
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