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Choosing appropriate apples

8 years ago

I just sent the following to the nursery, but would love to hear from people who actually grow apples in this area:

I'm looking to preorder for spring. I'm going to order 3-4 apples. Of course we're looking at old favorites, but I wanted some advice about my choices.

- We live in Bellevue WA - cooler summers, warmer winters (but not by much!) than Portland. Less snow. We tend to be about 6 degrees warmer than Seattle in the summer and the same amount cooler in the winter.

- We don't have a lot of wind

- We do have a lot of shade; we're thinking we can probably only manage 50-60% sun

- Apples will be grown organically, and managed by the Dave Wilson home growers method.

- I'm a good organic gardener but not a great one. I tend to be a bit lazy.

- We prefer sweet, juicy, crisp apples that store well. We don't tend to cook them.


My question after all that is "are these good choices for me, and if not, can you offer some suggestions?" (I will choose 3-4 of the five)


Akane

Braeburn

Empire

Enterprise

Macoun


I'd also like to be certain that choosing from this group will ensure pollination.


Thanks in advance for your help!

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