What region did you observe the Morren's Jonagored Supra on B9 Jon? Can you say something about chilling requirement for that cultivar? I think Jonagold is an excellent apple for fresh eating. If the New England Apple Association wants to brand it, I think they are making a good choice.
Bill William H. Shoemaker Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist University of Illinois [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Jon Clements [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:56 PM To: Apple-crop discussion list Subject: Re: [apple-crop] apple size Root pruning: YES Withhold nitrogen: YES Minimize dormant pruning, do some summer pruning (but don't remove fruit): YES Use Apogee: YES Over-crop: YES maybe, but use NAA and/or Ethrel to promote return bloom development Use B.9 rootstock (as opposed to M.9): YES Make sure you have enough variety to pollinate: YES I found Morren's Jonagored Supra (Willow Drive) grown on B.9 rootstock to be a very nice Jonagold strain. Good crops without too many large fruit. Still have to watch biennial bearing. I would plant that strain in a heartbeat if I want Jonagold. Did you hear New England Apple Association is going to brand Jonagold apples grown in New England? Not sure, however, what they are calling it? Any other ideas out there? Jon On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Hugh Thomas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've always wondered about root pruning with a deep running and large disk. Just a thought... On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM, David Kollas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Art: I don’t know whence the observations or measurements have come, but I saw a rootstock comparison in which G202 was said to produce “smaller fruit size.” For the reason you mention, I hope this is true, and of more than just statistical significance. I suspect that if it were a practical difference, we would have heard more about it. David Kollas Kollas Orchard, Connecticut On Jan 9, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Any suggestions out there for how to reduce fruit size without getting into > biennial bearing as in not thinning? Some varieties (Jonagold) would be more > marketable if they were 2.75 - 3.0" instead of all more than 3.0". > > -- > Art Kelly > Kelly Orchards > Acton, ME > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__virtualorchard.net_mailman_listinfo_apple-2Dcrop&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=1ejiT2NQyeKzdraKv8xrAbS0Mb4hB-tICIci2skuNv8&m=Hqq9Z6y5B9TNZ_9uOOp_yPhDCrjsh2nAbw-m9OO3M3s&s=V2zkAU1v4QS4CuU-kRUNoAnna22k1wBv9M-ekLVvzyE&e=> _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__virtualorchard.net_mailman_listinfo_apple-2Dcrop&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=1ejiT2NQyeKzdraKv8xrAbS0Mb4hB-tICIci2skuNv8&m=Hqq9Z6y5B9TNZ_9uOOp_yPhDCrjsh2nAbw-m9OO3M3s&s=V2zkAU1v4QS4CuU-kRUNoAnna22k1wBv9M-ekLVvzyE&e=> _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__virtualorchard.net_mailman_listinfo_apple-2Dcrop&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=1ejiT2NQyeKzdraKv8xrAbS0Mb4hB-tICIci2skuNv8&m=Hqq9Z6y5B9TNZ_9uOOp_yPhDCrjsh2nAbw-m9OO3M3s&s=V2zkAU1v4QS4CuU-kRUNoAnna22k1wBv9M-ekLVvzyE&e=> -- Jon Clements aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' UMass Cold Spring Orchard 393 Sabin St. Belchertown, MA 01007 413-478-7219 umassfruit.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__umassfruit.com&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=1ejiT2NQyeKzdraKv8xrAbS0Mb4hB-tICIci2skuNv8&m=Hqq9Z6y5B9TNZ_9uOOp_yPhDCrjsh2nAbw-m9OO3M3s&s=sXvQy899WAd74qds2MsdYkAMLLqLGRrS7hY8Gu-Dg-4&e=>
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