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Post by philagardener on Oct 26, 2014 8:25:37 GMT -5
There is a very nice piece in the New York Times about the upcoming release of "The Illustrated History of Apples in North America", a 3000 page compendium of 17,000 apple varieties cultivated between 1623 and 2000, authored by Dan Bussey. At the end of the article there is a listing of selected orchards, apple festivals, and sources/growers of interesting varieties. |
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Post by flowerweaver on Oct 26, 2014 9:29:23 GMT -5
The apple capital of Texas is just over the hills from me and they have a big festival annually. Unfortunately all the ones in my community, including my own, succumbed to cotton root rot. The pioneers grew it and I guess there's not much that can be done about it once it's in the soil.
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Post by richardw on Oct 26, 2014 13:36:26 GMT -5
Interesting article philagardener
flowerweaver- it seems that some of us have at least one fruit that doesn't grow for us,yours is apples,mine are Peaches and Nectarines which die after about 3 years because of the winter high ground water,its been 10 years of trying but as of this year i'm giving up,one of today's jobs is to dig out two peaches i planted last summer and replace with two seed grown apples.
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Post by steev on Oct 26, 2014 21:04:14 GMT -5
Could you build a mound in which to plant a peach?
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Post by flowerweaver on Oct 26, 2014 21:31:10 GMT -5
Indeed richardw this is big peach country, although I lost mine to severe drought. They definitely like well drained soil. I'm going to replant peaches this spring. Too bad you've got to pull yours. It's my favorite fruit. After flood, drought, and tornado only the figs survived and the native fruits. |
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Post by richardw on Oct 26, 2014 23:34:45 GMT -5
Could you build a mound in which to plant a peach? Good idea,i know a bloke who's done that but not because of high water table but that he is on very heavy clay land |
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Post by richardw on Oct 26, 2014 23:43:08 GMT -5
Indeed richardw this is big peach country, although I lost mine to severe drought. They definitely like well drained soil. I'm going to replant peaches this spring. Too bad you've got to pull yours. It's my favorite fruit. After flood, drought, and tornado only the figs survived and the native fruits. One of my favorites too..dam it all. The frustrating thing is i do have free draining soil |
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