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Re: [nafex] Cox's apple rattling



I am not sure that  alkaline soil is the whole answer.  I have alkaline soil and
water. My Cox is a real pest.  Wants to split, drop, everything.  Maybe we are too
hot, 100+ in the summer? Irrigation no rain.  Zone 6 Idaho
Naomi

dwalsh/wchase wrote:

> Richard,
>
> Cox's Orange does not grow well here. Our soils are too acid ... Cox's really is a
> limey tree.
>
> I dump dolomite lime on my CO 2 x year and get quite a good crop.
>
> Oh, yes, they are very vulnerable to that killer of young apple trees, anthracnose
> canker.  Mine have survived because they are sheltered for most of the year.
>
> I've had better success with a CO cross named Fiesta, BUT Fiesta needs heavy
> thinning and drops early.  Fiesta's flavour is very Cox-like and it looks better
> and stores better... well into March.
>
> Derry
>
> Derry Walsh & Bill Chase  email:wchase@interchange.ubc.ca
> Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
> phone/fax (604) 856-9316
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> : Derry,
> : Can you grow them there, or do you have to "import' them?  Had my first
> : cropping of them here (Maine) this year, and they were superb!
> : Richard
>


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