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[Sherlock Terry <sherlocksmith@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the info Claude. Sandow sounds like a good one and if I am
not mistaken is new to the St. Lawrence nursery catalog this year. Do
the flavor or texture remind you of any other apples you've tried?

Also, I should have posted the Apple Journal descriptions from the
start, but here they are.

Quebec Belle:
Resembles Delicious in appearance and Northern Spy in quality. Keeps well.

Sandow:
Quality very high; aromatic, juicy, crisp.

Newtosh:
Tree produces a high percentage of extra-fancy fruits. Skin similar to
McIntosh; flesh like Yellow Newtown, the latter given a "best" rating
in Beach's Apples of New York.

For comparison, here is the Spy description:
large, roundish fruit; clean, white flesh, fine-grained, tender, crisp
and juicy; spicy, aromatic flavor; good keeper; excellent cooker

and Newtown Pippin:
large-sized; yellowish flesh is firm, crisp, and very aromatic; good
keeper; there is also a Yellow Newtown strain, popular in the south

-Sherlock

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca> wrote:
> In my orchard NE of Quebec City, zone 4, Sandow is doing very well. It is
> an excellent apple and has quickly graduated to become in my top team. Very
> hardy, very little scab even if unsprayed, great flavour. I have it on
> Ottawa 3 root. I like it very much and would recommend it without 
> hesitation.
> I don't grow Quebec Belle, but tasted it once and I wasn't very excited
> about it.
> Claude Jolicoeur
>
>
> A 20:45 10.01.20 -0500, vous avez écrit :
>>Has anyone tried any of these apples? The few descriptions of Quebec
>>Belle and Newtosh in catalogs seem to come from the same source. I'm
>>planning on planting Spy (and am happy to take any cold hardy
>>rootstock recommendations-I was thinking Bud 118) if I don't hear
>>anything great about Quebec Belle or Sandow. Newton is too late for my
>>locale in Northern VT and I really love the Newton flavor and texture
>>and haven't found any others apples that remind me of it. Thanks.
>>
>>-Sherlock
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