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["Naomi Counides" <naomi@oznayim.us>]

Keepsake tree sources 
http://www.wallace-woodstock.com/apple/keepsake.htm 
http://maplevalleyorchards.com/Pages/AppleTreeDescriptions_F.aspx?page=F


-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Griffin
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:03 PM
To: Melissa Kacalanos; nafex mailing list at ibiblio
Subject: Re: [nafex] Gold Rush and Keepsake

I don't grow apples either but I have Keepsake too and love its aromatics, 
sweet flavor and hard crisp texture. You'd better know how to graft if you 
want to grow it though because it is hard to find finished trees for sale 
even in MN. This is because of its smaller than commercial size and also 
because it kind of got lost coming out of MN as it did in the shadow of 
Honeycrisp, (Ironically, DNA testing has now determined it is one parent of 
HC).  Goldrush and Keepsake - two different kinds of good storage apples!

Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
To: "Nate Steele D.C." <yeehaw502@yahoo.com>; "nafex mailing list at 
ibiblio" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Gold Rush


We subscribed to an organic fruit CSA last year, which included many 
different apples. Almost all of them had some sort of flaw that would have 
gotten them thrown out of a supermarket: bugs, botches, etc. But 'Goldrush' 
was flawless. Now that they've had time to mature in the fridge, they're 
starting to get tasty, too. I'd sworn I wouldn't plant apples because they 
were too much trouble, but 'Goldrush' is tempting.

The most delicious apple in our CSA share was 'Keepsake' which was as 
bug-free as 'Goldrush' but covered with sooty blotch. Wonderfully aromatic 
and sweet, though.


Melissa
zone 5, central NY


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From: mark wessel <growyourown@earthlink.net>
To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:59 PM
Subject: [nafex] Gold Rush

Every year I buy a box of Gold Rush apples at a local produce market that 
sources them from an almost local orchard. This years were purchased about a

week before thanksgiving.
At the time of purchase the apples were so intensely sweet and intensely 
sour and extremely crunchy, that they were nearly inedible. I could only 
finish half an apple. I was a bit bummed, but I knew they would transform 
into the apple I love. They have transformed. Gold Rush is an amazing apple.

An incredible balance of Sweet, Acid and Flavor with great texture. Not only

that, they store very well. My supply should hold out till April. Then my 
thoughts will turn to berries. It is a shame that it isnt a common 
supermarket variety.
Mark
Cincinnati
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