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Hello again,

The insect resistance is mentioned on the PRI's Co-op 17 description page but 
the specific insects are not mentioned.

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/pri/coop17.html

Jim Elie


---- jelie@new.rr.com wrote: 
> Hey Scott,
> 
> I have seen online where PRI's Co-op 17 was determined to be the most 
> insect resistant of about 200 varieties.  Sorry I cannot site a source, but 
> googling "co-op 17" may get you close.  There are a number of apples who 
> are referred to as insect resistant in their descriptions but like the 
> diseases it could be relative to their region.  I believe that Black Oxford 
> is considered as having some insect resistance.
> 
> Jim Elie
> Green Bay WI
> zone 4/5
> 
> 
> ---- Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu> wrote: 
> > I am very interested in bug-resistant apples.  Obviously there is no such 
> > thing as a bug-proof apple but I don't do a whole lot of spraying and 
> > every year I appreciate my few varieties with minimal damage more and 
> > more.  This year along with Goldrush, Winesap and Fuji I would add the 
> > old obscure varieties Abbondanza, Pigeonnet Rouge, and Rambour d'Hiver to 
> > the minimal bug-damage list.  All of these apples are hard, and all but 
> > P-R are late.  So the hard & late is clearly a help, and on the other 
> > side some of my soft varieties were horribly damaged.  What I would 
> > really like is an apple I could hit with a couple Surround sprays in the 
> > spring, maybe hang some CM confusion lures in May, and then get a harvest 
> > with most of the apples bug-free.
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > NAFEX web site:   http://www.nafex.org/
> 
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