To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [nafex] Gold Rush and Keepsake
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:33:16 -0700
Dave, in response to the difficulty of getting Keepsake. I got mine years
ago from the New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative. That no longer
exists. I guess in some ways Cummins Nursery covers some of that http://www.cumminsnursery.com/available2012.php their site indicates that
Keepsake is still available for 2012.
But I also can get pretty determined about what I want. A few years back I
put in an order with Cummins that stretched out for 3 or 4 years till
everything I asked for became available and was shipped. Possibly Stephen
Cummins had me down as a serious nutcase.. but I did get my trees. Tress
take a while to produce fruit and IMO, if a certain fruit is what you want
it is okay to wait a year or two, or more for the tree. Tree fruit is
hardly a matter of instant gratification.
Cummins also seems to have Goldrush. Which does sound like an easy apple to
grow BTW.
I am USDA zone 6 in Idaho and keepsake does ripen here, every year.
Instant gratification can make you do silly things like buy grocery store
strawberries in winter.