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Apple varieties - Idamac, Fantazja
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Fred Z
Illinois, Kane County
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December 7, 2007 - 1:23 pm

It's my first visit here, and I'm looking for help with these two apple varieties.

Idamac is a variety I found in a couple of Bear Creek Nursery catalog before they went out of business, and before I could order a benchgraft. Here's the description from the catalog:

IDAMAC or (DOUBLE DANDY) – In 1978, Garfield Schultz, an esteemed member of the North American Fruit Explorers, created this complex cross of (Red Delicious x Red Rome = Ruby x Crimson Beauty x Melba = Quinte). Beautiful fruit is mottled red over a green background that fades to a salmon color halfway down. Large white lenticels cover all of its oblong-conical shape. Flesh is crisp, juicy, sweet, yet mildly subacid, with a distinct flavor that leaves your taste buds crying for more!

Sounds intriguing, but it seems to have disappeared. I wonder if it has been re-named. I tried searching for 'Double Dandy' and 'Garfield Schultz' as well, but no luck. Anyone here know of it?

Also, I have a benchgraft of 'Fantazja' that I made at the Midwest Fruit Explorers grafting workshop last Spring, and I'd like to do something with it, but I have no idea what the characteristics of this variety are. My space is tight, so I don't want to plant a tree only to find out later that it doesn't have the traits I would want. So, is anyone here familiar with 'Fantazja'?

Thanks.

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Applenut
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December 9, 2007 - 6:39 pm

Fred:

Garfield Shulz is alive and well and still messing with apples. Email me your contact info and I'll ask him to call you.

kevin@kuffelcreek.com

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Fred Z
Illinois, Kane County
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December 16, 2007 - 6:54 pm

Thanks Kevin, I've updated my contact information to include my e-mail address. I see now that I had his name misspelled - should be Garfield Shults.

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