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3:42 pm
March 29, 2015
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I am wondering if anyone has a Rhode Island Greening apple tree? Would love to get a scion. I hear it is a good pie apple with good disease resistance. thank you mary
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March 16, 2015
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There was a great big standard sized tree of this in a park by my house that I ate off of every year. Sadly, they chopped it down about 5 years ago.
It is a great keeper, good tasting apple, and resists problems.
John S
PDX OR
9:30 am
March 29, 2015
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Thanks, John. Hoping maybe somebody has this variety. I did see that I can buy a scion online. I think I will give that a try if nothing comes up locally.
6:44 am
June 21, 2015
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Fedco carries Rhode Island Greening. Here is an alphabetical listing of their current scion offering. It changes each year. the price is modest. I have bought scion from them many times. About a third of my apple varieties are from them.
Fedco is located in Maine, so at a northern lattitude and maritime cold climate. I think that bodes well for how their products do well in other northern lattitudes like this one.
If I remember correctly, they mail out scion in mid March only. Also, their scion is usually fairly small diameter. Even so, every one that I have grafted from them took and grew.
2:19 pm
March 29, 2015
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Thank you, Daniel.
I did see that Fedco does see scion wood. So far that is my best bet. Happy to hear that you have purchased scion wood from them a number of times and before and you were successful with it! Thank you... gives me some hope that ordering from them will work for me.
9:37 am
September 18, 2016
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If you are travelling through La Grande, Oregon on I-84 I would happy to share scionwood from our Rhode Island Greening. Wonderful apple!
10:00 am
March 29, 2015
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Oh! Wonderful! If I can't some a solution that is closer, it might be a good excuse to take a drive!!
Perhaps I could return the favor. I have a couple of varieties of strawberries that are hard or impossible to find.
Gariguette - from France. Was able to trade two plants a few years back with Mike of the Strawberry store. He was able to import a few plants. (pretty much impossible for us mere mortals... I tried!!). He retired and that new owner did not continue this variety.. so... delicious .... and impossible to get in this country.
Fairfax - Heirloom USA. Very difficult to find.
Marshall - historic strawberry for PNW.
Great info on these varieties on google.
Thank you!
1:27 pm
November 17, 2018
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I once purchased a box of Rhode Island Greening from a Home Orchard Society member.
That was many years ago. Mostly a green apple, as I recall.
They were nice enough. It is a respectable apple.
But, I kind of prefer the Newtown Pippin. More flavorful.
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