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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

Le 14:40 12.02.28, vous avez écrit:
> Or how about Karin Schneider (a sport of Ingrid 
> Marie) or Ingrid Marie itself.  These Cox
> progeny come from Denmark, ripen several weeks 
> earlier than Cox itself, and are hardy in
> the harsh climate of Scandinavia.  (But I don't 
> know what climate zone Denmark is in...)


David, I am not sure Denmark has a really harsh 
climate... Googling denmark climate, I fell on a 
table with avg January low Temp as 30F, and 28F 
in February... Not really harsh compared to here. 
Seems to be more like England. I guess the part 
of Scandinavia that compares more to our climate 
would be the northern parts of Finland, Norvegia and Sweden.

As of Ingrid Marie and Karin Schneider, I don't 
know of any source in Canada. Fred Janson used to 
have them but they are probably lost now. Ingrid 
Marie is also listed in the book "Our apples" by 
Khanizadeh & Cousineau, but they only quote 
ripening dates in Summerland BC - so it might not 
have been grown in Frelighsburg. Nothing is said 
about hardiness. Do you grow them yourself?

Claude