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["Jolyn" <jolyn@tctwest.net>]

Would you have a similar situation with Cocheco Plum??  I have been waiting 
for it to return to your catalog for 3 years.  I purchased it once but it 
succumbed to an early fall nasty low temp the year it was planted.
Thanks for your help.
Jolyn Evertz
Joliet, MT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bunker" <john.p.bunker@gmail.com>
To: "Dave Griffin" <griffingardens@earthlink.net>; "nafex mailing list at 
ibiblio" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Gold Rush and Keepsake


> We do sell Keepsake most years (on Antonovka) in the Fedco catalog.
> This year we did not have enough to offer it in the catalog (big
> seller when we do) but we do have enough trees to offer as a "special
> order".  If interested, please contact me directly.  we also offer
> GoldRush most years.
> Regards,
> John Bunker
> Fedco
> john@fedcoseeds.com
> www.fedcoseeds.com
> PO Box 520
> Waterville ME 04903
> 207-873-7333
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> On Jan 29, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Dave Griffin wrote:
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> > 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
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> >
> > ----- 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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