Betsy Deaton loaded with apples

[Native Hunter]

This may be the most reliable apple tree I grow. It blooms late and escapes a lot of frosts. Big crops are the norm. I've never seen any FB or Scab, but do see minor to moderate CAR most years; however, not enough for crops to be affected. It is loaded this year, and about tied with Brush Mountain Limbertwig on number of apples.

Betsy will make a nice red medium sized apple with a good taste and ripens starting early August to sometime in early September.

 

[Jordan Selsor]

Beautiful Steve! Keep those apple pics coming! Gives us new guys hope!

 

[greyphase]

I have a 2 year old Betsy Deaton that I grafted after reading about your experiences. It is a vigorous grower. My 4 year old Brushy Mt. LT's are carrying some apples this year.

 

[buckvelvet]

This may be the most reliable apple tree I grow. It blooms late and escapes a lot of frosts. Big crops are the norm. I've never seen any FB or Scab, but do see minor to moderate CAR most years; however, not enough for crops to be affected. It is loaded this year, and about tied with Brush Mountain Limbertwig on number of apples.

Betsy will make a nice red medium sized apple with a good taste sometime late September.

Does it have relation/heritage ties to Court Pendu Plat (the wise apple) which avoids frosts and blooms later than most other apples? Just curious, nice looking tree!

 

[Native Hunter]

Does it have relation/heritage ties to Court Pendu Plat (the wise apple) which avoids frosts and blooms later than most other apples? Just curious, nice looking tree!

For only $2,000 we can find out. http://fps.ucdavis.edu/dnamain.cfm

 

[Native Hunter]

Thought you guys might like an update on this one. A few are beginning to ripen and several have already hit the ground. I went ahead and picked some of the reddest ones this morning.

 

[4wanderingeyes]

Do you thin your trees at all when they are overly heavy? Or after a certain of age do you just let them go?

 

[Native Hunter]

Do you thin your trees at all when they are overly heavy? Or after a certain of age do you just let them go?

I would a young tree, but at some point I just let them go. I do understand why people who grow apples for sale need to thin them. Looks and size are important.

I will occasionally thin a pear tree to keep it from breaking out limbs. Moonglow is a bad one to get overloaded, and the pears are really large, so thinning is sometimes necessary.