APPLEINDEX

The GRAMER SAMPLE of APPLES VARIETIES
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All images are 320x240 resolution reductions from 2272x1704 using a Nikon 4500 digital camera. While the camera continues to function, images are obtained each year to fill the gaps and to replace the deficient ones.

(a)CLICK ON APPLE IMAGE	(to open a new page of all images)
(b)CLICK ON UNDERLINED BROGDALE/USDA link	(to open a new window of comparison images)
	[beware of REFERENCE INCONSISTENCIES]
(c)RESIZE AND REPOSITION WINDOWS	(to facilitate comparisons)

LABEL PROBABLY CORRECT:VARIETY PROBABLY CONFIRMED { 64.4% of sample }

Bedfordshire Foundling

Calville Blanc D'hiver

Devonshire Quarrenden

Five Crown Pippin (TB)

Peasegood Nonsuch (1st)

Reinette du Canada (1st)

Reinette du Canada (2nd)

Tydeman's Late Orange

Telstar

Twenty Ounce

Welcome

LABEL INCORRECT → PROBABLE VARIETY { 8.7% of sample }

label-[Greenwood]

label-[John Standish]

label-[Black Prince]

label-[Merton Worcester]

label-[Worcester Pearmain]

label-[Stark's Red Gold]

label-[Laxton's Superb]

label-[Owen Thomas]

label-[Golden Reinette]

LABEL INCORRECT : VARIETY UNCERTAIN{ 11.5% of sample }

LABEL UNCONFIRMED : VARIETY UNCONFIRMED{ 15.4% of sample }

Altlander Pflannkuchenapfel

Peasegood Nonsuch (2nd)

Seedling Red Delicious

Waltham Abbey Seedling

Lord Nelson

Pink Rose

Five Crown Pippin

Lucy's Taumaranui Cooker

BACKGROUND COMMENTS

SAMPLE:	100+ varieties obtained from 17+ sources within New Zealand.
LOCATION:	Grown beside the Waikato River near the HAMILTON Airport [ 37° 52' South ] [ 175° 20' East ]
CULTIVATION:	Grown on a 2mx4m grid in Horotui sandy loam. Very little fertilization except for some mulching. No sprays except for a single post-flower copper solution to combat black-spot (which may have increased russetting). The battle against black-birds, pukekos, rosellas, possums, rabbits, leaf-roller, codlin-moth...etc... was frequently entirely unsuccessful...hence the numerous gaps in the image gallery.
IDENTIFICATION:	Primarily from the Brogdale and USDA sites. There is insufficient authentication of so called reference samples and many examples are quite unsatisfactory. Click on this link to a page of several of the most glaring examples. REFERENCE INCONSISTENCIES There is such enormous worldwide number of named and renamed "varieties", that until a definitive technique like DNA sequencing is used, much "identification" is little more than informed guesswork.
CAUTION:	Variations in colour can be significant for various reasons: ...the variety may be intrinsically variable as well as changing colour thru the phases to maturity. ...the ambient lighting and the camera settings can markedly influence hues. ...each computer screen will have its own colour calibration. ...even the use of chemicals can influence characteristics like russetting. ...these images may have a red cast bias whereas the Brogdale images have a consistent blue cast.
EVALUATION:	ABOUT 20% WERE NOT THE VARIETY CLAIMED ON THE LABEL.
.	Most of the apples were quite acceptable and interesting to grow. A handful were exceptional. A few were barely worth the effort. Those varieties grafted onto "dwarfing" rootstock were more pathetic than useful, whereas those grafted onto "Northern Spy" rootstock were strong and vigorous and significantly superior

updated 12 DEC 2011

FOR SALE

37 Lochiel Road Tamahere 3282 NEW ZEALAND

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Lot 2 on its own

Lot 1 and Lot 2 together

Lot 2	Building Site	2.977Ha	NZ$ 450 000
Lot 1	House, Barn, Glasshouse	0.885Ha	NZ$ 655 000


aerial view taken 2009	view of pond on lower level from the top level

The present owners have been developing the site for 18yrs, are now retired, and recognize that the time for change is rapidly approaching.
The CHESTNUT TREES on LOT 1 are mature and cropping abundantly and have considerable potential for direct sale or processing, although the local market is as yet still underdeveloped.
The APPLE TREES on both lots are the samples used in creating the reference images on this webpage.
The prices being asked are the values allocated by the local administration for rating purposes and at NZ$ 196 480 /Ha the land value of Lot 2 in particular is less than 50% of local asking prices, so there is little likelihood of further price reduction.
Put another way...it is already a bargain!

LOT 2 DESCRIPTION:

2.977 Ha of Horotiu sandy loam on a contoured lot with 2 levels and a 125m Waikato River boundary via a narrow reserve.
The lot provides biodiversity with a mature chestnut orchard, plantings of eucalypts and acacias for firewood, apple, quince and pine nut as well as native species such as kowhai and kauri. The river bank has primarily black alder, tree-ferns and some native species.
A small spring of potable water presently feeds a pond that supports a range of wildlife.
Access to the upper level of the property is via a quiet side road and a sealed entrance way, although access to the lower level of Lot 2 would require some earthworks similar to that which exists already on Lot 1.
5 mins from two golf courses and the National Field Days site at Mystery Creek.
A short distance to Hamilton International Airport
15 mins from central Hamilton City, from Cambridge and from Te Awamutu and 1.5 -2 hrs from Auckland City.

LOT 1 DESCRIPTION:

0.885 Ha [2.16Acres] apples, pears, plums, citrus, persimmon, fig, feijoa
House: insulated, steel roof, permanent planked exterior, extensive deckings.
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 toilets, lounge, kitchen, dining area, laundry/store
High efficiency wood burner with wetback using fuel grown on the block
Rainwater and borewater supplies
240V Electricity supply, Broadband/Phone connection
half-round Barn, 2 Glasshouses, small shed.

Any sales agreement will be subject to the vendor's solicitor approving the form and content of the contract prior to signing.


chestnuts	western decking

house in summer	house in winter

lounge	kitchen

bedroom01	study/bedroom

bedroom02	bedroom03

hall & laundry	bathroom01