Slatterday
Yearling... With promise
Last year I bought 20 'wild' apple trees, and this year I did 20 each of the 'wild' pears and crabapples from Blue Hill nursery. My thought was to focus on volume and hope for the best with the natural diversity as far as drop times and resistance to different factors.
Last years trees seem to be doing fairly well considering the level of attention they've been given, but it is obviously too early to tell anything meaningful about the trees.
Has anyone planted these trees and had them long enough to say anything about the fruit or other qualities of the trees? Should I expect much diversity from tree to tree, or would you expect each 'batch' to be relatively consistent from one to the other? I did notice the crabs have different bud colors if that means anything (some are green, some are red).
Worst case I guess I'll have a massive grafting project on my hands in a few years...
Last years trees seem to be doing fairly well considering the level of attention they've been given, but it is obviously too early to tell anything meaningful about the trees.
Has anyone planted these trees and had them long enough to say anything about the fruit or other qualities of the trees? Should I expect much diversity from tree to tree, or would you expect each 'batch' to be relatively consistent from one to the other? I did notice the crabs have different bud colors if that means anything (some are green, some are red).
Worst case I guess I'll have a massive grafting project on my hands in a few years...