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Dec 20, 2010 21:08:24 GMT -5
Post by daylilydude on Dec 20, 2010 21:08:24 GMT -5
Which is your favorite kind, I like the Gala apples the best, so juicy for fresh eating and Granny Smiths for cooking!
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Dec 21, 2010 0:57:39 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 0:57:39 GMT -5
Honeycrisp is my favorite.
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Dec 21, 2010 4:17:39 GMT -5
Post by coppice on Dec 21, 2010 4:17:39 GMT -5
Sergents crab apple. Although every NH Walmart had substantial crab apple plantings which provided me seeds of a nice small fruited crab that I grew many of the seeds out as bonsai.
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Penny
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Dec 21, 2010 8:10:37 GMT -5
Post by Penny on Dec 21, 2010 8:10:37 GMT -5
Honeycrisp and courtlands..the best!
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Dec 21, 2010 10:34:20 GMT -5
Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 21, 2010 10:34:20 GMT -5
Honeycrisp and courtlands..the best! WoooHooo, Penny! Love them both, Cortland being my all time favourite. Last year, I bought Ginger Gold at the market. It's not there for long, just about 3 weeks, so they aren't a keeping apple. I could not get enough of them. Back at it again this past October... It's a cross between a Mutsu and a Golden Delicious. Personally, I find Golden Delicious too sweet, but this cross is crisp with just the right touch of tartness. And you don't have to put a 2nd mortgage on your home to buy a bushel like you do with the honeycrisp
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Dec 21, 2010 10:38:59 GMT -5
Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 21, 2010 10:38:59 GMT -5
And here's one that Flowerpower and I saw when we attended the Central NY Tomatofest back in 2007. www.nyapplecountry.com/20ounce.htmThey are a very large apple as the 20 ounce name implies. We never bought one so can't really say what they are like for eating? We thought if we saw some in the Finger Lakes this summer that we would buy one to try (and mebbe save some seeds ) but they didn't have any apple vendors at the Garlic festival. 20 Ounce seems to be regional in and around Syracuse, NY so if you're in the area, keep your eyes peeled for 20 ounce apples.
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Dec 21, 2010 10:42:13 GMT -5
Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 21, 2010 10:42:13 GMT -5
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Dec 21, 2010 16:41:49 GMT -5
Post by coppice on Dec 21, 2010 16:41:49 GMT -5
I'm going to have to push things here to plant out a couple paw paw, (Tommy like his pipes cleared out at least once a summer) On the back fence line shaded by a Hackberry.
When I have the space to plant apples, or afluenza, I shop at; St. Lawrence Nursery, Its an upstate (NY) nursery fulla old apples.
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grapenut
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Dec 21, 2010 18:38:34 GMT -5
Post by grapenut on Dec 21, 2010 18:38:34 GMT -5
A good tree ripened Red Delicious is tough to beat! too bad they don't keep. I have several apples that were here when I got this place, they are all late winter apples with a divine flavor, just wish I knew what they were.
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rintintin
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Dec 22, 2010 22:05:00 GMT -5
Post by rintintin on Dec 22, 2010 22:05:00 GMT -5
I'll chime in on the HoneyCrisp as well. They are only in the markets a few weeks, then 'poof', GONE. I am currently in WA, where they are the 'new' apple to grow, and even here, they are pricey in the market. I believe they were developed in MN. When our governor went to China on a good-will mission, that is what she took as gifts for the officials: "See? That is what an apple is supposed to taste like!"
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Dec 23, 2010 14:28:17 GMT -5
Post by paulf on Dec 23, 2010 14:28:17 GMT -5
We like Jonagold and Fuji.
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Dec 27, 2010 10:33:08 GMT -5
Post by coppice on Dec 27, 2010 10:33:08 GMT -5
Some of the due dilligence growing apples successfuly requires is to know how long, its cold where you live.
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