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I know it is kind of a long shot at this point, but I am wondering if any of you guys have leftover scion. I am planning on doing some more topworking this year and have a few varieties I'd like to add. I am looking for.... Golden Russet Wickson Spitzenberg Wm Pride Albemarle/Newton Pippen...

So I top-worked a bunch of small-fruited seedling crabs to more desirable varieties this past May and wondering how to manage going forward. Nearly all of the crabs started out a foot tall or so from Coldstream Nursery. I harvested scions from my own trees the last week in March, and...

I wondered how many people are growing Florina Querina and how you are liking the tree so far. I planted a couple because Ben or Maya recommended it. I will say, so far, I'm impressed with this variety. Before I started spraying, it was one of my cleanest trees. Now that we spray 3 or 4...

I notice we spend a lot more time on apples than pears here, but sometimes pears need a fair shake too. Here are 3 of mine from a few days ago. I have been super impressed by my pears. No disease (they are FB resistant varieties) or pest issues. We had a late frost which terminated most of...

When I purchased my property, there was a row of black cherry trees near the house that eventually became the dividing line between 2 small yard food plots. Over time, thanks to many on this forum, I decided a few dozen apple trees weren't enough fun, and I wanted to add some Dunstans as well...

Well, originally, the report from my farm was that nearly all of my bark grafts survived, and the cleft grafts didn't. I'm happy to report that over the last several weeks, most of the others have woken up, making my 1st time topworking experiment nearly 100% successful. I was worried I was...

First off, the Centennial Crab has, for the most part, been a great apple for me. Disease resistant, precocious, good to eat, heavy-bearing, and known to be a good pollinator. I may, however, be getting rid of most of them (I have 5 in my yard). The reason is, every year about this time, the...

Just an FYI for everyone, Grandpa's still has some B-118 rootstock left. I ordered some yesterday to plant out and tube and will likely cage/t-bud this fall or topwork next spring. I don't know how big they are or anything like that, just letting people know that might be interested. I have...

After reading about topworking here and elsewhere, I was worried I might be missing the boat as I can't get up to my place until this weekend. I have quite a few CSF seedling crabs that I will graft over to better (larger than a pea) selections with scions I harvested up there in mid-late...

I have a bunch of seedling crabs planted from CSF that will be going on 4th and 5th leaf next year that I would like to top work over to some more desirable varieties. I also have over 100 grafted trees about the same age, so no shortage of scion wood. My biggest problem is living >1000 miles...

A couple years ago we planted 20 bare-root Dunstans, followed by another 15 potted Dunstans last year, and 18 homegrown specials this year. The first couple years the bareroots didn't do much, and I thought this past winter was a test for hardiness. They survived it fine and are really taking...

In the spring of 2010 I planted 75 Coldstream Zumis, Midwest, and Siberian. 2011, 10 Violi's Hanging Crab from SLN. I have not seen too much follow-up from other guys that have planted them, so I have been anxiously awaiting first fruit. Unfortunately, a late 26 degree night thinned things...

Had a disappointing trip to my farm last week. Several Chestnut and Centennial crabs that had 40 or 50 apples on them as of 2 weeks ago were found barren with severe limb damage. I am using the usual protection of 5 foot fence/lumite/window screen. My assumption is that raccons climbed the...