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[loneroc <loneroc1@gmail.com>]

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
>
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>
>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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