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Heirloom Apples
FarmI wrote:
"sherwin dubren" wrote in message FarmI wrote: "sherwin dubren" wrote in message In my case, I feel that proper usage of these chemicals will have a negligible effect on the environment. Automobiles, planes, power plants, etc. far out shadow anything I do in my backyard. If you have never tasted a quality apple from the tree, you probably don't know what you are missing. If you are implying that unless sprays are used it is not possible to harvest quality apples then you are wrong. Our apples were superb this year and not one drop of spray was used and we harvested from 4 apple trees. Our other apple trees are still too small to be producing yet. Can you define quality? Looks good, has superb flavour, keeps well and keeps a great flavour right through to the final apple. Red Delicious can be clean, shinny, and red, but is the last apple I would buy or grow. That is a personal preference. I'm sure some people love Red Delicious so that apple would fit their criteria of being a good apple. I don't like Red Delicious either, but then I've only ever eaten commercially produced ones. Home grown ones may be very different. You don't mention which varieties you are growing. You also don't mention where you live. This can make a difference. This discussion started with Heirloom Apples, most of which need spraying to keep them clean. Beauty of Bath, Lord Lambourne, Cox's Orange Pippin, Worchester Pearmain, Laxton Superb, Bramley Seedling, Fuji, Red Gauntlet. I live in Australia. If you anything about apples, then you should recognise that the list I gave of what we have is chock full of heritage/heirloom apples. And certainly location MAY indeed be a factor is growing apples that you call "clean". But that is not what you originally wrote. I grow apples that are not sprayed at all, ever. It is possible to grow good apples without spraying. I recognize the names of most of the apples you grow. In fact I grew the Cox apple in my backyard. I guess the "nasties" have not made it down under. In fact, your government is trying to limit the importation of USA apples because of several pests. See the following web site: http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets...-pear-aust.pdf Here in the central USA, when I stopped spraying my Cox apples, the bugs had a feast. The way things are spreading around the world, it won't be long before they start paying you a visit. Sherwin |
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