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["Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>]

I figure that the victoria limbertwig probably tastes better in it's native 
southern Appalacians.  Whether it does or not, if you don't like it then you 
need to just topgraft the tree to something you do like.  It's easy, and 
absolutely guaranteed to give you the tree you want if you gather the scions 
yourself.  There are so many ways that buying a tree can go wrong.  Someone 
else likes the fruit and describes it, maybe you would describe it 
differently.  Then there is the problem of mislabeling.  Someone describes a 
nice apple which has the wrong name on it.  You order the real thing, but 
it's not the same.  Or you order a tree you like and they send you the wrong 
tree.  Or it's on the wrong rootstock.  Or it's a nice apple but not in your 
climate or your soil.  Skip all that, find a local tree you really like and 
graft from it.     Donna