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["Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu" <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Apple? - "MonArk" - probably the best apple in my orchard.  Ripe mid-July; 
large, 
firm, crisp red-over-green apple with white flesh, good for fresh eating or 
cooking; 
keeps well under refrigeration for up to 6-8 wks.   Good disease resistance, 
to boot.
Fred Wiche, the long-revered Louisville radio personality who had a Saturday 
morning 
gardening show on WHAS always pushed 'Gold Rush' as the best apple for the 
Kentuckiana area.
Ed Fackler should weigh in...

Looking at that UofKY list, I'll take some exception with their Asian pear 
list - 
Niitaka is OK, but produces relatively flavorless little pingpong ball-size 
fruits 
unless you are relentless about thinning.  Korean Giant - though many folks 
sing its 
praises, and maybe mine was not true to name - was a dog here - rarely set 
more than 
2 or 3 fruits - and they'd be huge watery tasteless things - not much tastier 
than a 
raw potato; and a fireblight magnet/cripple/fatality, at that.

Lucky



------- Original Message -------
>From    : Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)[mailto:Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us]
Sent    : 6/21/2010 3:46:20 PM
To      : fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com; nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Cc      : 
Subject : RE: Re: [NAFEX] making a gift for a friend (fruits for Kentucky)

 You might consult the extension publication on recommended fruits for the 
home 
gardener in Kentucky.  See  
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/homefruitrec07.pdf";  
target="_new"> http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/homefruitrec07.pdf >  -- Sam

-----Original Message-----



Gang:

I could use apple and pear suggestions for Louisville Kentucky.  I am making 
a gift 
for a friend. 

They prefer sweet apples.   

I was thinking of Potomac as a pear for that area.  

fluffy

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