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  • From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Bugs-don't hug apples
  • Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:27:37 -0500

Scott, when do those funny french sounding apples ripen and how do you like them?  I love that you explore so many unusual varieties, by-the-way.

Anyone ever try COOP 17?

Anyone know where I can get wood or trees of any of the above apples.  I really want to explore this subject in the field. 

> 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.
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> Scott


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