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[Martha Davis <martha_davis@earthlink.net>]

Regarding Pumpkin Sweet: If I remember correctly it was planted as an apple
butter apple.  At the least I would try it mostly in cooking.  As you say
it's not that great as an eating apple.

Martha Davis

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>    4. Re:  keepsake apples (Bob Hartman)
>    5. Re:  keepsake apples (david liezen)
>    6. Re:  keepsake apples (Judson Frisk)
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> From: Richard MURPHY <murphman108@msn.com>
> To: nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:31:33 +0000
> 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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> From: "Naomi Counides" <naomi@oznayim.us>
> To: "'nafex mailing list at ibiblio'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Cc:
> 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-----
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> [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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> 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-----
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> [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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> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 06:51:22 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nafex] keepsake apples
> It was discovered by DNA testing that Keepsake is one parent of Honeycrisp
> and the other parent is unknown.
> See
> http://tinyurl.com/**honeycrispdna <http://tinyurl.com/honeycrispdna>
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> Bob
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> -----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-----
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> 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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> From: david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:18:01 +0000
> Subject: Re: [nafex] keepsake apples
>
> 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
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > 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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> From: "Judson Frisk" <jlfrisk@iowatelecom.net>
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> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:02:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nafex] keepsake apples
> I tore out my Sweet 16 as it produced lousy apples every year.  I have
> Pumpkin Sweet which produces large fairly clean apples every year.  I never
> know what to do with them as they are mediocre apples for eating. Judson L.
> Frisk SW Iowa zone 5.  Froze last night.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard MURPHY
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 6:32 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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