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[Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>]

I was looking on the internet for pictures of 922 end. I found the same 
ones that I found last year. I noticed that the site had an e-mail 
address so I wrote to the guy who put up the pictures. He was kind 
enough to send a reply right away. This is what he wrote back:

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On 10/1/2013 1:09 AM, Bernie Nikolai wrote:

sure doesn't look like my 922 End Steve...
Mine are ripe before mid Sept.  Your apple looks like a Battleford to 
me, but its hard to tell from a photo.  Battleford is sour, and one bite 
you won't want another...

 Bernie
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So I looked up Battleford.
http://www.fruit.usask.ca/apples/battleford.html
They say "slightly tart". Also, the shape isn't a good match. My variety 
(what ever it is) is quite squat. Wider that it is tall.

Steve


On 10/1/2013 12:13 AM, Steve wrote:
> 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