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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

	The late Professor Elwyn Meader once sent me a red flesh apple from Nels Hansen which is probably a selection of Malus  Niedzwetzkyana.  One striking feature is it's ability to bear on one year wood.  Not just a flower or a fruit  here and there, but clusters at every bud.  Since it's from Siberia, I assume that  ability is a reproductive strategy to allow it to bear quickly if a cold winter kills back limbs.  
Has anyone noted this trait in other apple varieties or species?  
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 
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