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I think they are great! In particular I love the Liberty and Jonafree. My 
favorite disease resistant variety is Enterprise. Good luck. Zone 5. Taste is 
super, few problems. I spray with sulphur and Surround.

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On May 2, 2011, at 7:21 PM, sherwin <sherwindu@att.net> wrote:

> On 5/2/2011 3:41 PM, Jackie wrote:
>> Anyone have experience with these disease-resistant apples? Taste? 
>> Resistance? Difficulties?  Thanks so much.
>> 
>> Jackie Kuehn
>> 
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>     Jackie,
> 
>    One of the disease resistant apples I like is William's Pride.  Mine 
> is 17 years old
>    on Mark rootstock and is a consistent producer.  I have reduced my 
> spraying the
>    past few years going over to ziplock bags.  This apple shows little 
> sign of disease.
>    It produces nice big almost maroon apples (if you leave them on the 
> tree long enough).
>    The flavor is very good, but not quite as good as some of my 
> non-disease apples
>    like Ashmead Kernel, Freyberg, Spigold, etc.  This is a sweet apple, 
> but not as sugary
>    as a Fuji.  One big advantage for me is it is one of my earliest 
> apples.  I would recommend
>    it highly.
> 
>                              Sherwin Dubren
>                              Morton Grove, IL
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