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   Bob F to songbird   
   Re: Solution for apple maggot and codlin   
   13 Aug 21 23:21:20   
   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/13/2021 4:13 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > Bob F wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> Sure sounds like it. The other apple in that yard is a "Winter Banana".   
   >> It actually has a touch of a banana flavor.   
   >   
   >    i wish bananas would grow here.  well, ok, bananas will grow   
   > here as long as you bring them inside before the cold weather   
   > does them in.  i know someone who kept a nice collection of   
   > them to grow out each season because he liked the large leaves   
   > and plants and used them as a barrier planting.  he never quite   
   > got them to actually fruit, but he said it was close one season.   
   >   
      
   The "winter banana" is a very late apple, and stores well, thus the name.   
      
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