From: Joe and Ellen Hecksel <jhecksel@voyager.net>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] RE: another Goldrush fan
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 18:07:44 -0500
Hi all:
GoldRush is an excellent apple here in Michigan, Zone 5, 155 day growing
season. It is too tart and hard to eat straight off the tree but is
very, very good after 8 weeks of cold storage.
Granted, it may be far better from areas with longer growing seasons.
But it is still better than other late season storage apples as grown in
my orchard.
I am waiting for Nova Spy to fruit to see if it gives GoldRush a run for
the money.
Just a note on growing days: the closest weather station is at the
Lansing Airport which is on top of a peat bog. I typically get two to
three more weeks of growing season than the airport. The National
Weather Service rates Lansing as a 140 growing season.
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-Joe Hecksel
My personal website: http://my.voyager.net/~jhecksel