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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

The long dry summers in eastern Washington make me alert to mention of any 
apple preferring such conditions for producing good fruit. It will be some 
years before experience proves true, but that is why I have opted to try 
D'Arcy Spice, Sturmer Pippin and consider Brettacher.


Dave Liezen, z6


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> From: naomi@oznayim.us
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 20:07:49 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nafex] keepsake apples
>
> 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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