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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Perhaps picking them before they reach highest Brix may help in keeping them 
over the winter. I picked some Winesap last fall, much sweeter than the year 
previous. They are losing ground this time of year, whereas last year at this 
time they were still in amazing shape. And flavor.

Dave Liezen


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> From: mariaschu@vtlink.net
> To: 
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 
09:11:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nafex] 
Black Oxford
>
> We are in Northern VT borderline 
zone 3/4-- and have a couple of 10
> year old Black Oxfords that 
have survived our cold winters. We got a
> nice harvest last 
fall and they are really great apples-- but, we
> found they did 
not keep well, contrary to what we've read-- they were
> 
wrinkly and soft by January.
> 
Maria
>
> On Apr 1, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Claude 
Jolicoeur wrote:
>
> > Well, here in 
Quebec, I am afraid it didn't
> > survive, hence I 
don't have it anymore. I don't
> > think the variety 
is hardy enough for zone 4.
> > Claude
> 
>
> > Le 13:46 12.04.01, vous avez 
écrit:
> >> John Barbowski asks where he can 
get Black
> >> Oxford in Canada. I have tried to 
publicise the
> >> fact that I have become the Canadian 
Sources
> >> consultant for NAFEX, but obviously 
the
> >> message has not gotten through.
> 
>>
> >> Yes, Siloam Orchards and O'Keefe 
Grange, (both
> >> in Ontario), as well as 
Claude Jolicoeur all
> >> have this 
cultivar.
> >>
> >> And if the rest 
of you Canadian growers care to
> >> share your lists of 
holdings with me, I will add
> >> them to my database. 
Canadian Growers
> >> Unite! You have only the 
attentions of the CFIA to
> >> lose!
> 
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