To: "nafex@yahoogroups.com" <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [nafex] Cadet and Kerr
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:54:18 -0400 (EDT)
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I think "Goldo" is a slight scramble of "Dolgo"
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On Tue, 01 May 2001 03:50:14 -0000, edforest55@hotmail.com wrote:
>I found out that Cadet is not a plum or pear but rather an apple. Its
>the strangest looking apple scionwood I've had. At any rate, it is
>listed in Edible Apples of Prairie Canada. A correspondent of mine in
>North Dakota says that it came from Morden Nurseries, only a couple
>miles from his home in ND. He says that it is better than Kerr, about
>the size of Rescue, maybe a little larger, (large for an apple crab)
>and that it is hard yet very juicy and sweet, and super hardy.
>On another note:
>This same gentleman has been looking for an apple that he really
>likes called Goldo which he prefers to Haralson and which keeps
>nearly as long. Has anyone still got this apple?
>My Kerr trees have been quite unusual, they grow very slowly which
>seems unusual to me seeing that it becomes a very large tree at
>maturity. Or is my memory failing me. Does Kerr produce a full size
>tree? Its early growth is like a dwarf, slow growing and bearing very
>young. Is this the experience of other Kerr growers?
>I think Kerr is an excellent apple, crisp, juicy, and sweet (nicely
>balanced actually). This correspondent of mine however doesn't think
>much of it. Any opinions out there?
>Kevin B
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