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Vigour
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Vigourous. Appears to be hardy.
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Habit
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Upright then drooping with fruiting similar to Cortland. Has terminal blossom habit as well.
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Precocity
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Bears early and consistently increases without special attention.
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Fruit Placement
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Mostly in clusters on shoot tipes, especially in young trees; some spurs later.
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Bloom Period
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Early.
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Pollination
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Sets heavily in mixed diploid blocks. Thinning by both spray and follow up hand thinning is often advisable.
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Nutrition
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Average or moderate rates. Intolerant of low levels of Boron.
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Crop
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Heavy cropper, though biennial. Often difficult to believe the volume with trees with so much blind wood.
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Synchrony
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Reasonably good for an early cultivar but spot picking will greatly improve average fruit size and quality.
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Adaptation
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Similar to McIntosh.
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Disease Reaction
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Susceptible to powdery mildew, scab and fire blight.
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Insect Reaction
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None of note. Because of high acid, fruit is somewhat less attacked by apple maggot than other early cultivars.
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Rootstock
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No special features. Comments for Cortland apply.
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