george abbot wrote:
>> Are there ANY organic apple growers on this side of the Rockies?  I have a
>> young apple tree with 5 varieties grafted on it and would like to learn
>> organic backyard methods for apple trees.
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> You can get no-spray varieties, but I tried several and they are not even
> close to the quality of traditional apples.
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East of the Rockies where the summers are humid the will be heavy 
disease pressure. Also there are many serious insects that will bore 
inti the apple such curculio. coddling moth and others.
There are probably organic methods for reducing damage but you will have 
to look else ware for help.
Cornell has some scab resistant varieties and may have some organic 
controls.
If you have a 5 in 1 grafted tree t it probably has red and golden 
delicious, macintosh and a few others all of which are very susceptible 
to both insect and disease damage

Dan V in the NC mountains

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