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M.O.T. - Delicious Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/28/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Please sign the logs with you initials or better yet group initials to help make the logs last longer. If you could bring along extra log sheets and replace them if necessary it would be a great help. Most of the containers are tied to tree’s with a rope to help keep them in place, please do not untie the caches from there intended place. Very few caches are on the ground but a few are. If you think the cache container is missing please send me an e-mail, I will watch it and if there are a few DNF’s I will replace it. You will want to wear water proof boots as the caches may at time be in a wet area. Tweezers or a leathermen tool with needle nose pliers will be helpful for extracting log sheets. After you find the cache please place the cache so it can’t be seen from the trail.

M.O.T. – Macomb Orchard Trail

Welcome to the Macomb Orchard Trail. These caches have been put out to show off the Macomb Orchard Trail. Many people might not know this trail even exists. I have named all the caches for different Apple varieties some of which are grown in the area. The trail runs from approximately 24 mile and Dequindre rd. to Richmond MI.

One of the most famous and important American apple varieties. The original Delicious has a flavor that many find superior to the numerous sports such as Red Delicious that have been developed from it.

Origins

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Parentage: Seedling of Yellow Bellflower
  • Originates from: Iowa, United States
  • Introduced: 1881
  • Developed by: Jesse Hiatt
  • Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 121200
 

Identification

  • Flesh colour: White to Cream, pale yellow
  • Flesh colour: Yellow to Very Yellow
  • Fruit size: Medium
  • Bultitude apple group: 4. Flushed / striped, smooth, dessert / dual-purpose

Using

  • Harvest period: Late season
  • Vitamin C content: Low

Growing

  • Flowering period: Mid-Late season
  • Flowering group: 4
  • Fertility: Self-sterile
  • Ploidy: Diploid

Climate

  • Chilling: Low-chill A borderline case - only needs about 700 hours
  • Climate suitability: Temperate climates
  • Climate suitability: Warm climates

Disease resistance

  • Mildew  - Some resistance
  • Fireblight  - Some resistance
  • Cedar apple rust  - Some resistance
  • Scab  - Some susceptibility

Pests

  • Woolly aphid  - Some susceptibility

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