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[Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

Alan, glad to hear about your Hudson's, only because mine were the same this year -- very warty with rotten spots, etc. Still, I like the apple so much that I cut out the good spots. And hopefully next year we'll both be back to good apples of this variety.

Lee Reich, PhD

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On Oct 14, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Alan Haigh wrote:

Ginda pretty much nailed the contrast of a properly ripened Ashmead's K. to a Golden Russet.  I would say in my experience Ashmead is a lot like Cox- same intense acid with all that sugar- too intense for some.  Ashmead is just a bit grainier- but not in a bad way.

 

Roxbury Russet is very productive here, so far I have much better luck with it than Golden Russet but my GRuss are young and the RRus is on M26 and is about 30 years old- it bears good crops every year and is not as attractive to CM as GRus.

 

I agree with Lee that Hudson's Golden Gem is quite a good apple- especially if you're into low-acid.  This year my crop of HGG was a complete disaster though, with all kinds of coddling moth damage and corking.  Not a single apple I grow here suffered nearly as much.  I think the rain may have diluted my low spray too much for adequate CM control but it was only my HGG and Korean Giant pear that suffered the consequences.  Maybe Hudson's needs extra calcium- I don't know.

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