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WEALTHY
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Parentage / Origin : Unknown x Duchess; Minnesota, 1861
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Harvest / Season : Early September
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Description: Excellent dessert and multi-use apple, picked a few
weeks early for cooking. Beautiful fruit ripens to bright red across
the surface. Crisp, juicy flesh. Refreshing, sprightly, vinous flavor. Get detailed History of this apple, the apple that made apple growing possible in Minnesota, USA
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Other Characteristics : Self Fertile, Blooms over a long period, good pollinator, tends to be bi-annual.Hardiness Zones 4,5,6,7,8,9,10
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Information sources: All About Apples.com, Trees of Antiquity
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Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity
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WELLINGTON
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Parentage / Origin : Origin: Cortland x Crimson Beauty
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Description: Large, striped red. Tart and juicy. Excellent cooking apple.
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Information sources: All About Apples.com
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WILLIAM'S PRIDE
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Parentage / Origin : PRI 1018-101 x NJ 50; PRI (Purdue, Rutgers, Illinois Co Op), 1988
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Harvest / Season : Early season
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Description: Fruit is medium in size slightly conic in shape with a
rich aromatic flavor. Apples are 70-80% red with excellent eating
quality. Let these hang on the tree until they just begin to fall to get the best flavor.
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Other Characteristics : Resistance to apple scab and cedar apple rust. Good resistance to fireblight and powdery mildew make this a good choice for the backyard garden.
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WINESAP
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Parentage / Origin: USA, 1878
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Harvest / Season : Mid to Late Season
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Description: Gets its name from its spicy, wine-like flavor and aroma. Top quality,
multi-purpose apple noted for the crisp, very juicy yellow flesh and
its blend of sugar with high tartness. Deep red fruit of medium size,
smaller than Stayman Winesap. A heavy producer that is adapted to a
wide range of soils and climates. Displays resistance to cedar apple
rust and fireblight. Similar texture to Haralson. Good keeper.
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Other Characteristics : Requires pollinator, Hardness zones: 5,6,7,8,9
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Information sources: Trees of Antiquity
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Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity
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WINTER BANANA
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Parentage / Origin : Indiana 1876
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Harvest / Season : Late Season
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Description: A gorgeous apple. The fruit is large, clear pale yellow, waxy finish, one side usually blushed with a
delicate pink. Flesh moderately firm, a little coarse, tender,
mild, subacid, characteristically aromatic. Good quality. Better eating than
cooking.
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Other Characteristics :Self Fertile, Hardines Zones 6,7,8,9
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Information sources: Trees of Antiquity
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Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity
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WHITNEY CRAB
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Harvest / Season : Early-Mid season
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Description: A large crabapple (1 1/2-2"with yellow skin overlaid with red blush red striping. One of
the few crabapples that is great for eating out of hand. This crab apple tastes good until the Chesnut Crabs get ripe a few weeks later. Very hardy. Self Fertile
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Other Characteristics : Hardiness zones:3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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Information sources: Trees of Antiquity
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Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity
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