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  • From: Karen Kellogg <garuda2@comcast.net>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] keepsake thread ans sweet 16
  • Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 21:33:26 -0400

Richard,

I don't want to stop you, i just want to visit your orchard in a few
years.....and eat!

Karen, who thought six types of apples were enough.

On Oct 8, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Richard MURPHY wrote:

>
> 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
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