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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Best Very Late Apples
  • Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 22:06:58 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Jim,

We had a few trees of Newtown Pippin on our Georgia farm (a bit down the
slope from you- probably half of a hardiness zone). They were very
productive, but year-after-year were of poor quality. They looked
attractive, they just tasted like cotton (crisper though). I've had Newtown
Pippins grown in the Northeast & California & both were excellent.

Honeycrisp also does very well for us here. It's a summer apple here and
like you say, it rarely colors well, but it is large, crisp and more
flavorful than ones I've tasted in its native Northland. It's actually one
of my family's favorites.

Apples that do well in the Midwest seem to do well here as well. Most of the
PRI selections that are well-liked by the Midwesterners have done well here
as well, just with an earlier season. This includes Pixie Crunch, which is
my family's year-after-year favorite.

Other Northern apples that have done OK here include, Pitmaston Pineapple
(OK, it's from the Old World, but still a cooler climate), Liberty and a
Cornell numbered selection that has momentarily. Esopus Spitzenberg, though
shy bearing like in most locations, does ripen to high eating quality here &
hasn't had too many disease problems either.

Other ones that do badly for one reason or another include Macintosh,
Tydeman's Orange, Wolf River (all low quality here).

Anton
North Carolina Piedmont, Zone 8


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Freeman <jf@gctruck.com>
>Sent: Oct 6, 2010 2:13 PM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Best Very Late Apples
>
>I have also enjoyed reading all the opinions about what apples people
>like to grow. Our orchard is located in far north Georgia near the
>Tennessee line in zone 7a. The orchard had an early spring resulting in
>all the apples maturing ahead of schedule. Our best (normally) late
>apples have been Autumn Rose Fuji, Goldrush & Pink Lady. We are picking
>all of these this week; which is about 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
>Goldrush were also picked early due to an unusually high incidence of
>sunburn this year.
>
>We like Autumn Rose because it has a moderately complex flavor for a
>Fuji(more than Auvil Early and less than Banning Fuji), good color,
>medium size and is the latest of our 6 cultivars of Fuji. Our Goldrush
>has outstanding flavor, large size, poor finish and good disease
>resistance. Unlike prior years, the ones that have a bit of sunburn on a
>golden background are actually good to eat right off the tree. The Pink
>Lady have a great sweet-tart flavor and beautiful finish to match.
>
>We will be planting several other late season varieties such as
>Sundowner, Crimsoncrisp and Kumeu Braeburn this winter on Bud 9; so I
>will report back how those do in another year. I am also curious about
>certain comments that some "Northern" apples will not grow or taste good
>in the South. I test planted 5 trees of several varieties of these
>cultivars over the last few years and have been able to grow all of the
>ones tried. I know this is very subjective, but the Honeycrisp out of
>our orchard were the best I have ever tasted. The color was mostly green
>due to the lack of cool nights, but the texture was outstanding. I would
>like to hear about any other success stories growing "Northern" apples
>in the South and what varieties work best for you.
>
>Best Regards,
>Jim Freeman
>www.freedomfruit.net
>
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