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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Tanis
I have noted M7/EMLA7 does not handle sandy soils well. I had an apple 
(Kingston Black) standing on EMLA7 that I eventually felt compelled to give 
to a better home - wetter and cooler.

What you say about Bud118 in drought is intriguing. I have D'Arcy Spice 
growing on Bud118 - benchgraft in '11 - which ought to do famously with our 
light soil, dry climate and the light crops of D'Arcy. Being a slow grower, 
it may be several years before that can be tested.

Have you used M26 yet? It does well here.

Dave Liezen, Spokane, WA, Arbor Day zone 6


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> From: tanistanis@hotmail.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 23:53:32 +0000
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Apple freeze question ('Lowville' apple)
>
> Congratulations! That's still my favorite chance seedling. Although the 
> original tree on its own roots dropped most of its fruit in the drought, 
> just before ripening. BUT, the one on Bud.118 had so many fruits-- and held 
> onto them-- that the tree is falling over. (Note for orchard planners: 
> Bud.118 is better for small apples-- less total weight when tree is full!) 
> I have another on home-grown seedling, and it had no fruit altho the tree 
> is mature, and blossomed this year. On EMLA7 it just doesn't want to 
> perform here. It barely grows! Soil?
>
> Anyway, on the Bud.118 it had a long ripening season. Mid Sept, though a 
> bit green, til later in Oct. I originally used Bud.118 for its advertized 
> drought tolerance, and the last 2 years proved it. Lowville/B118 was my 
> only mid-season tree with fruit still in the tree for ripening.
>
> I'm still trying to figure out how to store it. It is so sensitive to 
> freezing, AND wants to pick up stray odors. But what a nice apple. (For the 
> uninitiated, we're talking about a yellower & prettier version of Zestar, 
> with a more delicate crispiness, slightly zippier flavor.)
>
> I have 2 other chance seedlings I'm learning to admire, altho they are both 
> just "wormy little crabapples". I like the sweet-tart flavor, and one or 
> the other or both usually bear well, in the wet years & the dry. Better 
> than no apples.
>
> Typo: below should say "refrigerator set a little too low". I was typing on 
> a keyboard which kept sending the cursor to a previous paragraph.
>
> tc
>
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>> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:55:05 -0500
>> From: loneroc1@gmail.com
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [nafex] Apple freeze question
>>
>> Hi Tanis,
>>
>> We had the first two fruits on your Lowvill(e?) apple this fall. They were
>> ripe way before any potential frosts. Have you found a wild seedling that
>> you like better?
>>
>> Steve Herje
>> Lone Rock, Southwest Wisconsin
>
>
>> On Oct 31, 2013 11:34 AM, "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Mine vary a lot. Some show damage from light frosts which don't bother
>>> the apples in the next tree of different variety. My favorite chance
>>> seedling is very sensitive to freezing, and gets damaged by light frosts
>>> and is the first thing to freeze in a refrigerator set I little too low.
>>>
>>> I had more losses from the summer drought this year than from cold so far
>>> this autumn.
>>>
>>> tc, sWI, on sandy soil which repels rain clouds
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>
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