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  • From: david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Fw: Swaar not Swaar
  • Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:47:51 +0000

I'm not getting a picture, but wonder: 
Has it already been ripe a while? Ashmead's Kernel tends to be pretty late,
whereas Pomme Grise is both earlier and smaller. It often wins very high
marks at Tom Burford's tastings in Virginia.
Dave Liezen


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> From: gardendiva@charter.net
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:12:04 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Fw: Swaar not Swaar
>
> Looks like Ashmead's Kernel, slightly under ripe. Does it have a bold cider
> taste and crisp flesh?
> Doreen Howard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 10:24 AM
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [nafex] Fw: Swaar not Swaar
>
> I am trying to identify an apple that we found at the Seed Savers orchard in
> Iowa.
>
> It was labeled "Swaar," but looks nothing like the other apple in their
> orchard with the same name tag. That apple matches up with images and
> descriptions of 'Swaar.'
>
> This one is is a small brown russet that is rather flat (short from top to
> bottom). Some were almost donut shaped and some rather lumpy.
>
> It was our favorite in taste testing.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> If the photo doesn't come through I could send it directly to a private
> email.
>
> --Henry Fieldseth
> Minneapolis, Minnesota, zone 4/5
> http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com
>
>
>
>
>
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