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  • From: david.maxwell@dal.ca
  • To: Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>, nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Bramley and Cox's Orange Pippin Apples in the North
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:42:32 -0400

I have had similar experiences with Cornhill as Sarah. Is Siloam Orchards in
Ontario not in a
similar zone to yourself? (Much easier to deal with, and has a larger
selection than Cornhill.)

> Cornhill is a bit annoying with their shipping: they charge an arm and
> a leg and then they bend the trees over double in the box... and the
> trunk snaps every time!  I always ask them to prune them off to the
> size of the box cuz I get them with the broken top all leafed out and
> I have to prune it off anyway.  But they claim that I'm the only one
> who gets these broken in half trees,  I find that a little hard to
> believe.  Anyway, they have a fabulous collection and I will order
> from them again cuz the Pocket Gophers took out my Patten pear.  sigh
>   Sarah zone 3 Edmonton, AB
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 7:59:27 AM
> Subject: [nafex] Bramley and Cox's Orange Pippin Apples in the North
>
>   Hello,
>
> I was reviewing some spring catalogs and came across a Canadian
> nursery in New Brunswick selling Bramley and Cox's Orange Pippin
> (among many other varieties). They're grafted on Russian
> "Beautiful-Arcade" rootstock. Technically the nursery is in the same
> zone as I am (Ag Can 4b). I contacted the owner and he told me they've
> been growing them sucessfully there for 30 years.




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