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Post by Earl on Nov 2, 2011 7:56:20 GMT -5
the apple on my list is Wolf River-best applesauce apple I have tasted so far, pink and very sweet without sugars added
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Post by wildseed57 on Nov 6, 2011 18:30:32 GMT -5
I would give them all a good spraying for the rust as I believe that it can spread to your other trees.
Empire and Liberty are two varieties that are fairly resistant to several diseases and are pretty good apples. Where I'm at most nurseries just carry a handful of different types most of which are not resistant which is my problem and the reason I'm learning to graft. so that I can at least have apples that have real taste and not just look pretty.
George W.
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Post by wildseed57 on Nov 6, 2011 18:56:11 GMT -5
I would give them all a good spraying for the rust as I believe that it can spread to your other trees.
Empire and Liberty are two varieties that are fairly resistant to several diseases and are pretty good apples. Where I'm at most nurseries just carry a handful of different types most of which are not resistant which is my problem and the reason I'm learning to graft, so that I can at least have apples that have real taste and not just look pretty.
George W.
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Post by olddog on Nov 8, 2011 21:55:41 GMT -5
Yeah, grafting is one way to go to get the varieties you want, and I tried it for the first time last year, and it was so much easier than I thought, at least for apples. Since I could never seem to match the scion diameter with the rootstock diameter, I just made sure that one side of both matched up as closely as possible, and that worked great.
We have a different set of problems here in California, as the soil is crummy, and the sun is intense, and we have apple borers, codling moth, and sunburn, gophers and woodpeckers which drill holes all over the trunk. Even so, we do get a fair crop of apples, some years. Liberty does o.k. here, Probably could take better care of the trees if there was more time.
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Post by castanea on Nov 16, 2011 21:46:59 GMT -5
Yeah, grafting is one way to go to get the varieties you want, and I tried it for the first time last year, and it was so much easier than I thought, at least for apples. Since I could never seem to match the scion diameter with the rootstock diameter, I just made sure that one side of both matched up as closely as possible, and that worked great. We have a different set of problems here in California, as the soil is crummy, and the sun is intense, and we have apple borers, codling moth, and sunburn, gophers and woodpeckers which drill holes all over the trunk. Even so, we do get a fair crop of apples, some years. Liberty does o.k. here, Probably could take better care of the trees if there was more time. Sunburn is a big problem on almost everything except jujubes and persimmons. |
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Post by olddog on Nov 16, 2011 23:49:56 GMT -5
Yes, here also sunburn is serious, and we have to paint the trunks every year, or plant at the base of the tree, something to shade the trunk.
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Post by synergy on Nov 22, 2011 18:26:00 GMT -5
There was an apple festival at the local university and a sale of whips that benefitted the botanical garden so I got a few new varieties without having to pay the 7% government tax here in BC. I have planted Ashmead Kernel , Belle de Boskoop, Karmijn de Sonneville, Yellow Gravenstein, Dolgo crab apple, Rhode Island Greening is the very latest with fruit on the tree until March , Cortez Early is the earliest with fruit ripening in mid July , Liberty, Kingston Black cider apple and Blue Pearman and Cornish Gilliflower . I hope I got those names right.
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Post by steev on Nov 22, 2011 20:06:55 GMT -5
Wow! you got some choice varieties there.
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Post by synergy on Nov 22, 2011 21:00:58 GMT -5
I was trying to round out varieties that I already had for versatility and some for long storage and spreading out the time of year for harvest so Cortes was an apple found in an orchard on Cortes Island that ripens as early as the first week of July and the Rhode Island Greening might stay on the tree as long as end of March .
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Post by castanea on Nov 22, 2011 22:39:10 GMT -5
That is a very nice selection. I really like Ashmead's Kernel.
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Post by johno on Nov 22, 2011 23:00:48 GMT -5
That's super, synergy! I only recognize a few of those - what a diverse selection. You should have great pollination.
The only one of mine that I'm certain will live on is the Arkansas Black. She's beautiful and still has good foliage. I think one of the two rootstock suckers I replanted will likely make it also. The rest, I'm not too sure. It was another scorcher, and evidently I depended too much on mulch. Also, I was a bit late to spray, and the rust hit them hard.
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Post by synergy on Nov 23, 2011 1:23:38 GMT -5
I am hoping my little army of pollinators fare decently through the winter , I keep a hive of bees too to help ensure the health of my plants. Or the plants ensure the health of the bees ?
I have the Fuji, Cox Pippin Orange, Gala, Yellow Delicious , Spartan, Granny Smith established prior to this year, so lots of variety . Once the trees get advanced so they are bearing I want to get Kune Kune pigs : ) And I still have a wish list to get a few more apples . For now I am only allowing ducks and chickens in the orchard.
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