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[kim maser <farnorthgrapes@gmail.com>]

Doug we had some trees in the Okanagan if I remember right they are an old Russian variety. We used to get a some for the Apple fair at the

 

LOWLAND RASPBERRY before 1870

"Also known as Liveland Raspberry and Livland Raspberry. Lowland Raspberry is a literal translation of the German name Lievlander Himbeerapfel. A Russian apple of great hardiness, it was imported from Russia by A. G. Tuttle of Barraboo, Wisconsin and was recorded before 1870. Medium in size, it is striped red on a cream background and has tender, white flesh tinged with red. It is fine-grained and the flavor has a hint of sweetness. Trees grow upright and compact and are genetically small even when grown on their own roots. Biennial bearing, the fruit maintains its quality on and off the tree better than most other apple of the same season. The bark is yellowish and the dull, coarse leaves are rounded or oval and closely serrated. The seeds are remarkably small. Lowland Raspberry ripens in July"

 They do ripen early, they have some nice flavors but they don't keep very well. The description of the variety fits quite well. I pruned an old tree in the Okanagan for about 10 years and there were several trees in some of the old orchards.

 

Cheers

Kim

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:

If you will forgive me some futile nitpicking, I think that "Livland
Raspberry" is probably the most nearly correct name. Livland (I think
from the Swedish and German) or Livonia was a territory  of variable
extent but centered around what we now know as southern Estonia and
northern Latvia, ruled by a crusading German knightly order, then by
Sweden, then from about 1710 by Russia.

Livland Raspberry has been used to some extent in breeding in Canada and
the northern U.S. states.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Sarah Kehler Ewing wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm looking for a Canadian source for the Liveland Raspberry/Lowland Raspberry apple.  I want a couple trees or some budwood and would greatly appreciate some help in locating this variety.
>
> I would also enjoy hearing from folks with some experience in growing or eating this apple.
>
> Sarah
> zone 3
> Edmonton, AB


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