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Subject: Cider Digest #1865, 12 April 2014
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Cider Digest #1865 12 April 2014
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
Re: Golden Russet (Ben Watson)
Golden Russet ("Rich Anderson")
GLINTCAP photos (Claude Jolicoeur)
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Subject: Re: Golden Russet
From: Ben Watson <BWatson@chelseagreen.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:47:51 +0000
Dustin Hostetler asks about the differences between the English and American
Golden Russet.
I'm hopeful that someone with more orcharding experience than I can answer
his questions more definitively. But from my perspective, as someone who
works around orchards in New England and sources Golden Russet whenever
possible for cider, I have yet to find a really hard and fast distinction,
and am not sure at this point if there even is a readily identified (New
York) Golden Russet and an (English) Golden Russet.
It may be that, at this point, this is a distinction without a difference,
or that any observed differences are more the result of seasonal weather
variability, growing region, etc. Generally people just refer to "Golden
Russet" as a single variety, and perhaps I should have done the same in
my book, to avoid such confusion and head-scratching.
Ben Watson
Francestown, NH
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Subject: Golden Russet
From: "Rich Anderson" <rhanderson@centurytel.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:27:29 -0700
I have a number of Golden Russets and they seem to have higher sugars than
most of our bittersweets and bittersharps. One problem I had was training,
they want to weep and should be allowed to weep. I tried to build strong
scaffolds and this was a disaster. Perhaps other on the digest can comment
on how best to train them.
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Subject: GLINTCAP photos
From: Claude Jolicoeur <cjoliprsf@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:45:39 -0400
Here are some pictures I took while at the GLINTCAP cider
competition, St-John, Michigan, March 22 and 23, 2014.
http://picasaweb.google.com/cjoliprsf/glintcap2014
Claude
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