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Mark,
I can only judge them by how they have been here (in western
Washington). As I recall Gold Rush and Nova Spy fit that
description. I just went out with my flashlight and picked a Nova Spy and
a Gold Rush. The Nova Spy that I picked wasn't quite ripe enough.
The Gold Rush was quite good. As they are grown here and to my taste buds
as I recall from last year Suncrisp, Stellar, and Scarlet O'Hara had a little
more tartness but I can still eat them. I didn't get any Delbard Estivale
last year. I hope to taste it this year. Gold Rush is definitely
crisp and sweet.
As you can see I made it a point to obtain these varieties to try here
because they were on Ed's "best" list someplace. All these tend to ripen
very late here in our climate. Your best bet is to try them there and see
how they do. What I do is obtain different varieties that "sound good" and
give them a try and if they don't work out here I have a friendly chipper and
they are added back to the soil. One of the problems we have here is scab
and I still have some varieties that are susceptible to scab that I need to get
rid of. I just ate an Orei today that was delicious but you have to spray
for scab. If you don't have the scab problem you might try Pink
Sugar. It ripens late here and is very sweet and crisp but I don't
know how it would do in a warm climate.
Bob
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