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Fruit trees need summer care for best yield
Big Red Delicious. The ripe fruit really is red... all over! And
remember Red's cousin: Golden Yellow Delicious. In my opinion, the almost perfect apple with its crisp, extra-juicy flavor and its suitability for storage. Granny Smith. The apple with the bright green skin and tangy, tart flavor. By the way, there really WAS a Granny Smith. Mary Ann Smith was an Australian gardener who died in 1870 and developed the fruit that bears her name from the seeds of a French Crab apple. BRBR I thought I'd jump in here. I can't disagree with anything Steve said, but I'd like to add my thoughts. I live in Ohio, and Granny Smith in Ohio is only reliable close to the Ohio River due to it's long growing system. Check to see if you have a long enough growing season before planting this cultivar. A matter of taste. I don't like Deicious (Red Delicious). I'd suggest in it's place Gala or Jonagold, they both have much more flavor in a sweet apple. For a tangy apple, I'd suggest Melrose. I think it's one of the best all purpose apples out there. Other choices in this catagory would be Jonathan or many of the MacIntosh types. Liberty is a particularly good Mac type in that it is immune to apple scab. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my Mother's favorite cooking apple: Grimes golden. I have to grow at least two dwaf trees of Grimes to meet her demand! G John Schmid |
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Fruit trees need summer care for best yield
greenings are winter hardy at least to zone 5. these were our cooking apples as long
as I can remember. for eating I love both cortlands, winesaps and spys. there is a newer one out, honey something that is quite good. Ingrid emove (Nasmen) wrote: I live in Ohio, and Granny Smith in Ohio is only reliable close to the Ohio River due to it's long growing system. Check to see if you have a long enough growing season before planting this cultivar. A matter of taste. I don't like Deicious (Red Delicious). I'd suggest in it's place Gala or Jonagold, they both have much more flavor in a sweet apple. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Fruit trees need summer care for best yield
greenings are winter hardy at least to zone 5. these were our cooking
apples as long as I can remember. for eating I love both cortlands, winesaps and spys. there is a newer one out, honey something that is quite good. BRBR I've heard of Greenings, but have no experience with them. Cortland is a member of the MacIntosh family, famous because it doesn't brown as much as other apples when it is cut. You are probably thinking of Honeycrisp. It is a wonderful eating apple, and yes I do have one in my plantings. It has many problems for the grower, however. It has a nutrition problem that causes it's leaves to get blotchy yellowish patches. Perhaps this is why it practally stops growing when it starts to crop. It's very easy for the tree to "runt out" if it's not thinned heavily. There are also problems in holding the fruit in cold storage, perhaps not a problem for home growers. It's a good enough apple, though, that a lot of research is going into trying to overcome it's problems. John Schmid John C. Schmid |
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Fruit trees need summer care for best yield
I will appreciate them even more. thanks. Ingrid
emove (Nasmen) wrote: You are probably thinking of Honeycrisp. It is a wonderful eating apple, and yes I do have one in my plantings. It has many problems for the grower, however. It has a nutrition problem that causes it's leaves to get blotchy yellowish patches. Perhaps this is why it practally stops growing when it starts to crop. It's very easy for the tree to "runt out" if it's not thinned heavily. There are also problems in holding the fruit in cold storage, perhaps not a problem for home growers. It's a good enough apple, though, that a lot of research is going into trying to overcome it's problems. John Schmid John C. Schmid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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