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  • From: loneroc <loneroc1@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Zestar
  • Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:57:18 -0500

Honeycrisp does beautifully for me in SW WI

Steve H. HC has saved Northern orchardist. Hats off to Dave Bedford, the U
of MN fruit breeder for that one (I still like Keepsake better).

Steve H. Lone Rock WI USA

Judson Frisk <jlfrisk@iowatelecom.net> wrote:

>I have Zestar in my orchard here in the Loess Hills of western Iowa, Zone 5.
>I would have to say it is a bug magnet and basically insipid in flavor. I
>would assume that we get too hot during the summers for it to do well. I
>never have tried Honeycrisp because I assume it would be the same.
>Judson L. Frisk
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
>[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of loneroc
>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:20 PM
>To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio
>Subject: Re: [nafex] Zestar
>
>
>Howdy all,
>
>I grew Zestar in southwest Wisconsin for nearly 10 years. It's a beautiful
>apple--- it was also a bug magnet and absolutely insipid here. I cut my
>trees out a couple years back. I've had it in several other orchards and
>thought it was great. They all had fairly heavy clay soil. My dirt is
>alkaline and sandy. I can't think of any other things that would account
>for the difference.
>
>Steve H.
>
>
>Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Congratulations. Not surprised Zestar sells well, it is a superior
>>apple and much more adaptable than Honeycrisp. To me, it is a step up
>>from William's Pride flavor-wise, but WP may be the most beautiful
>>apple I grow. Must be tough to manage commercially with all the pickings,
>though.
>>
>>Why do you use Captan instead of myclobutanyl? The SI's require only a
>>couple sprays to eliminate scab (and CAR) in orchards I manage, and
>>don't wash off once they set for an hour or two.
>>
>>In a commercial orchard it is probably best to combine Captan with an
>>SI to delay scab immunity to the SI and to splash fungicide on new
>>growth when it rains between sprays. More trees, more pest pressure,
>>based on my observations.
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