North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Richard MURPHY <murphman108@msn.com>]

Guys; First, thanks as usual to those who weighed in on my Keepsake trial. I 
am going to do some more searching around for more info about stuff like 
nutrients and festooning (bending branches horizontal). But... all my apples 
were golf balls. Three trees are going to get topworked, at a minimum. I 
guess there are no Summer Rambo owners out there. What nice, big, strong, 
well branched trees. The crop is timid; apples are so-so.     Sweet 16 
avoided the guillotine this year. Big tall upright trees, some fruit this 
year. Good stuff. Here is a case where festooning should help a lot.      I 
planted a few different LImbertwigs in Maine this year. Who knows what they 
will do? A red delicious grown down south looks nothing like our northern 
stuff. They look oval. I also planted a King Lucious, some Red Jonaprince and 
some Bella, and some Blondee (5 each) from Van Vell. Somebody stop me; 
Please! Murph