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Old 03-19-2012, 03:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Grow Apples in the south,or anywhere?

Chill hours have little to no bearing on the apples I listed.
Anna and dorsett actually have 0 chill requirement.
This has been a warm winter, with just 102 chill hours in my yard. All of my trees are flowering very nicely for me still.....

The high chill hours stated for apples has been greatly overestimated.
Just take honey crisp, it was bred for the coldest winters up north.
It does very well here in the Florida heat, and produces fruit incomparable to the garbage in the store..

Red vein, Pink pearl, Niedzwetzkyana Are trees I have just recently acquired.
The first and last are from western Europe/Eurasia, but I have still got a few Flowers this year...

Ein Shemer Is a crappy apple, Its why I don't grow it anymore.
The fruit is horrible, grainy, not very tasty. It also needs a pollinator, but It flowers to late to get pollinated by the early apples, to early for the late apples, so fruit set is always off. Its very problematic.
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