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  • From: Ed Fackler <ed.fackler@gmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Best Very Late Apples
  • Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:21:23 -0400

Jim:

     Spartan did well in S. Indiana regarding its ability to tolerate the annual heat.  However its quality was never that great and often close to mediocre.

ed

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Jim Freeman <jf@gctruck.com> wrote:

Hi Doug,

I have not tried Spartan. I was interested and asked our sources about
it last year, but was told it will not do well in the South. I have
debunked that myth on a few northern apples, but did not get around to
trying Spartan yet. Why not try it? Has anyone in the South had any
experience with Spartan? If I do not hear anything negative, I will try
to order some ASAP for trial. Thanks for the suggestion.

While I was in BC this summer, I noted several varieties that I have
never seen before such as King's. Do you know of a source of trees in
the US for "BC" apples?

Jim
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:23:03 -0400
From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>

Jim, have you tried Spartan? It was bred by Agriculture Canada at
Summerland BC in the 1920s I think, McIntosh x Newtown. It produces a
quite high quality apple in the sunny hot dry Okanagan Valley. I like
the Ontario grown fruit but it seems to have taken second place here to
Empire. It's said to have some scab resistance.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario
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