Subject: Re: Source for Macoun (apple) trees

From: [email-masked] (Pollinator)
Date: 10 Nov 1995 13:36:03 -0500

Subject: Source for Macoun (apple) trees
From: [email-masked] (Mark Evangelisto)
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 19:01:17 GMT
Message-ID: <[email-masked]>

> I'm reasonable new to the New England area and just had my first taste
of
>a Macoun apple this year. It was wonderful! So, now I'd like to plant a
>couple trees in my yard along with the other fruit trees I'll be
starting.
>Problem is, I can't seem to find anyone that carries them. Anyone out
there
>know of a good source for this apple variety?

   Unfortunately Mccoun is one of the fine old varieties that has gone out
of style. Right now there is a big rush on Royal Gala, Fuiji, Jonagold,
Mutsu (Crispin), Empire, and Granny Smith, which are all good apples that
also are good for packers and handlers.

   Older varieties that do not ship as well are going, going, gone.  I
badly miss the Northern Spy (smells just like grandma's kitchen) which
admittely shows every bruise as if it were a total loss.  Mccoun is
another that is so delicious, if you have your own tree, and can pick it
and use it fresh.  Yummmmy.

   The only way varieties like this will be saved, is if people like you
demand them from nurseries, or graft/bud them yourself.  The nurseries
will make whatever is in demand, and would be glad to provide them, if
they could do so profitably.

  There are groups that are dedicated to saving and propagating old
fashioned fruits.  You might consider joining one.  And you might want to
learn grafting and budding, even if just for backyard trees.  It's not
hard.  Grafting is done in early spring, while the trees are dormant, and
budding is done in August.

  You can even put multiple varieties on one rootstock, solving the
pollinizer problem, if not the pollinator.  (Pollinizers are compatible
varieties fruit to provide pollen plants, like apples, that must be
crossed.  Pollinators are bees, or perhaps you, if you are patient
enough.)  Multiple variety trees are perfect for backyard growers.

[email-masked]   Dave Green,  PO Box 1200, Hemingway, SC  29554

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From: John Bachman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 12:05:31 GMT

[email-masked] (Pollinator) wrote:
>>a Macoun apple this year. <snip> I'd like to plant a
>>couple trees in my yard Anyone out there
>of style.<snip> learn grafting and budding, even if just for backyard trees.  It's not
If you want to try the grafting thing - there is an orchard in 
Hollis, NH that still grows McCouns - Woodmont Orchard.  
Perhaps they would be willing to part with a few cuttings.  
603-465-7713.  Good luck.
-- 
John Bachman
AnaTek Corporation
http://www.anatekcorp.com