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Hmm...I'm not sure about a Hess Apple, but I find record of a "Hess Orchard(s)" that was growing fruit in Waynesboro, PA in th 1970's and into the 80's (?).  A Google search led me to a comment from someone (now I've lost the site) that at some time, Hess Orchards changed its name to "Five Forks Fruit." 

 

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Subject: [NAFEX] Hess Apple
From: walter6353@myfairpoint.net
Date: Mon, March 02, 2009 7:17 am
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Is anyone familiar with an old apple variety called "Hess"? The only citation I have found is in an edition of Downing's book on fruit trees. A neighbor has a tree that has a tradition of being a Hess. This is in southern Vermont, and supposedly the Hess originated in Pennsylvania. It's a nice apple for eating and sauce.


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