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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

neat. So it was a mislabeled seedling that worked out great!

Ginda

On Oct 6, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Bob Hartman wrote:

> 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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