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["Bob Hartman" <hartmansfruit@msn.com>]

It was discovered by DNA testing that Keepsake is one parent of Honeycrisp 
and the other parent is unknown.
See
http://tinyurl.com/honeycrispdna

Bob

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ginda Fisher
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 5:25 AM
To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio ; 'nafex mailing list at ibiblio'
Subject: Re: [nafex] keepsake apples

Speaking of regional issues with apples: macoun is extremely popular here in 
ma and nearby states, where it commands a premium price. But I've heard 
several people complain that they couldn't grow it (or couldn't get good 
apples from it) in other parts of the country.

Its child, honeycrisp, seems more widely adapted, though. Honeycrisp 
inherited the macoun's most interesting characteristic, that distinctive 
"snap" when you bite off a chunk.
--
Ginda

Typed with Swype. Who knows what I intended to say?

Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:

I wonder if Keepsake likes heat.  We do have hot summers here in Idaho
Zone
6.  That means that Cox and Karminj were pretty much of a loss for me.
But
my Keepsake takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.

Basically I tend to think that if a tree does not like where it is..
something else will 7 years is long enough to prove itself, or not as
the
case may be.
Naomi

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard MURPHY
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 5:32 PM
To: nafex
Subject: [nafex] keepsake apples


Guys;                    I planted 8 of these Keepsakes in 2004. To
date,
they have yielded a few small pitiful apples each year. I think they
suck.
Can anybody tell me a good reason why I shouldn't topwork 7 of 8 ? Am I
jumping the gun on these trees? They're big, strong trees; pitiful
crop......... Also, Summer Rambo. Probably the strongest, biggest trees
in
my orchard. Timid crop as usual. Educate me! Otherwise; I had a decent
crop
of 20 ounce, pristine, williams pride, opalescent, golden russet, hidden
rose,  pound sweet. Macoun, Wolf river, sweet 16 all farted out. Murph

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