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  • From: "Richard J. Ossolinski" <ossoeo@myfairpoint.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] williams pride on mark
  • Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 00:35:49 -0400

I, too, have a WP on Mark: ±15 yrs. old now. Usually ripens mid - late
August here. We love it: our favorite early apple, and I continue to plant
it for clients in this neck of the woods. No downside - except that the
borers love it too!
Richard
Gouldsboro, Maine
Zone 5


On May 4, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Applesrgoodforu@aol.com wrote:

> I also have Williams Pride since Dec 1991. It's also on Mark. Got it from
> Raintree. My best early apple. I pick the first to second week of August.
> Only keeps for two months. Dan
>
> Dan Ester
> Eugene, Oregon
>
>
> In a message dated 5/4/2011 1:04:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> stjohn36g@yahoo.com writes:
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 5/3/11, nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org
> <nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 18:21:06 -0500
> From: sherwin <sherwindu@att.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] [Bulk] Jonafree, Liberty, Macfree, Freedom: how
> good are they?
> 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 Sherwin Dubren
> Morton Grove, IL
>
> Sherwin, I too had a Williams pride on mark, but after about 7-8 years it
> broke clean at the union graft during a wind storm . The tree was not
> staked but clearly the grafting never really took. The apple is excellent
> especially storing for a few weeks, never sprayed it for any thing and
> Early.
> Paul St.John zone 5 Sugar Grove, IL
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