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Esopus spitzenburgs and golden russets cover the raw fruit bases for me. Lodi is a great early variety for baking. I definitely understand the appeal of Honeycrisp, but it is very sad seeing old orchards of Macs and galas and empires being ripped down in favour of rows of dwarf honeycrisps

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As far as I know, whether a modern apple tree is dwarf or not bears little relation to the variety of apples on it- all apple trees are grafts, and most these days are grafted onto dwarf rootstocks to make the apples easier to pick.

If you want to plant an old variety of apple, there is nothing to stop you having it on a dwarf rootstock.

Oh yeah, and I have dwarf varieties in my yard due to space limitations... But it's sad to see old, beautiful orchards of big trees reduced to more of an industrial process.

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