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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Sure reminds me of one of the lovely illustrations in "Book of Apples" 
Morgan/Richardson, which may or may not give you a lead.

Dave Liezen


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> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 00:13:29 -0400
> From: sdw12986@aol.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [nafex] Anyone know this apple?
>
> I know it's a long shot but does anyone here have an educated guess as
> to what apple variety this really is? I've mentioned this unknown apple
> before but now I have good pictures.
>
> http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/10031702223_c469b953e2_b.jpg
> http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/10031703153_cf80234bde_b.jpg
>
> It was supposed to be "922 end" the super hardy apple for the far north.
> I don't live so far north that I need that apple but I was curious about
> what it was like so I bought some scion wood (along with others I wanted
> to try) and grafted this one to the very top of one of my trees.
>
> I believe the scion was mislabeled for 2 reasons:
> 1 It doesn't look much like the few pictures I have seen of 922 end.
> 2 At the end of September it is still firm and sour. It couldn't ever
> ripen in the far north.
>
> This apple is not good for fresh eating unless it mellows in storage,
> which it might. Right now it is fairly sour and sort of astringent. I
> tried to eat one yesterday and had a hard time finishing half of it.
>
> Steve In the Adirondacks
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