Bucksnort Franken Tree

[sandbur]

@sandbur - Here is a picture of the Red October Crab next to the Cornerstone Crab I sent you also. Both are doing well so far. Interesting how dark red the leaves are!
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Those look great!

I have to remember Cornerstone, I had it marked as Corner.

How big are the crabs on Cornerstone and DNR Yellow? Have you tasted them?


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[sandbur]

Sold me on it. Just to have red apples for conversation even if they taste bad. You've officially started my 2021 list

I have three varieties if you are looking for scion. Remind me this fall or winter.


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[BuckSnort]

Those look great!

I have to remember Cornerstone, I had it marked as Corner.

How big are the crabs on Cornerstone and DNR Yellow? Have you tasted them?


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I would say all 3 are similar size, golf ball maybe slightly bigger. No official taste test, just found them last year as I started keeping my eye out for them. Didn’t find Cornerstone until early Nov after a few frosts and it still had a ton of fruit on it. I will be watching them early in the season this year.

 

[BuckSnort]

At the stage shown is where I started thinning and left the red ones.

Could you snap a picture of Red October when it blooms?


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Here you go Art, beautiful pink flowers.

 

[sandbur]

Either wind or blackbirds land on it tore off some of my Red October scion.

I might have a Red October take on a franken tree outback.


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[BuckSnort]

Either wind or blackbirds land on it tore off some of my Red October scion.

I might have a Red October take on a franken tree outback.


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Let me know if you end up needing more!

 

[H20fwler]

This year, I have some open pollinated seeds from Kinderkrisp and Almata that are just emerging.

Almata is a red flesh.

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I can't stop looking at this pic, has to be one of the coolest crabs I've ever seen.
Had to google it and read up everything I could on it. I have got to get one or two on M111 for this fall or next spring.

 

[sandbur]

This year, I have some open pollinated seeds from Kinderkrisp and Almata that are just emerging.

Almata is a red flesh.

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I can't stop looking at this pic, has to be one of the coolest crabs I've ever seen.
Had to google it and read up everything I could on it. I have got to get one or two on M111 for this fall or next spring.

Almata might be called an apple instead of a crab. About that size.

Firecracker is definitely a crab. I think it is also called Bill’s Redflesh.

I was trying to find a picture of winter redflesh, but couldn’t do so. It might be buried in this thread.

Last spring I grafted some Geneva crabs and am anxious to see/ taste those.


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[sandbur]

This year, I have some open pollinated seeds from Kinderkrisp and Almata that are just emerging.

Almata is a red flesh.

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I can't stop looking at this pic, has to be one of the coolest crabs I've ever seen.
Had to google it and read up everything I could on it. I have got to get one or two on M111 for this fall or next spring.

Almata might be called an apple instead of a crab. About that size.

Firecracker is definitely a crab. I think it is also called Bill’s Redflesh.

I was trying to find a picture of winter redflesh, but couldn’t do so. It might be buried in the crabapple timeline thread.

Last spring I grafted some Geneva crabs and am anxious to see/ taste those.


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[sandbur]

At the stage shown is where I started thinning and left the red ones.

Could you snap a picture of Red October when it blooms?


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Here you go Art, beautiful pink flowers.
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Similar?

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[BuckSnort]

Similar?

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Definitely looks similar!

 

[4wanderingeyes]

I have this crab, not sure what it is, but it had small, quarter sized apples. Sure is a pretty bloomer though. I keep it because it stays in bloom for a long time.

 

[sandbur]

I have this crab, not sure what it is, but it had small, quarter sized apples. Sure is a pretty bloomer though. I keep it because it stays in bloom for a long time.

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Nice!


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[sandbur]

Either wind or blackbirds land on it tore off some of my Red October scion.

I might have a Red October take on a franken tree outback.


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Let me know if you end up needing more!

Many of my topworks failed due to my own fault. I might have a take on DNR yellow, but would like more RedOctober for spring 2021 if it is not to much trouble.

I ran out of e tape when grafting and grabbed an old/ cheap/ leftover roll .

The tape has unraveled and grafting has failed.

One experienced person recommended e tape that is not the cheap stuff and I would add, NOT old stuff.


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[BuckSnort]

Many of my topworks failed due to my own fault. I might have a take on DNR yellow, but would like more RedOctober for spring 2021 if it is not to much trouble.

I ran out of e tape when grafting and grabbed an old/ cheap/ leftover roll .

The tape has unraveled and grafting has failed.

One experienced person recommended e tape that is not the cheap stuff and I would add, NOT old stuff.


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Absolutely, no problem, I’m hoping the pruning I did causes the tree to respond and pump out some better wood for grafting!

 

[TreeDaddy]

.........has there ever been a better name for a tree?

bill

 

[BuckSnort]

Less fruit on the Red October tree this year, not surprised after it was absolutely loaded last year.

 

[sandbur]

Less fruit on the Red October tree this year, not surprised after it was absolutely loaded last year.
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Many of my trees follow the same cycle. I think it is a survival mechanism for wild trees in our climate. Maybe similar to some oaks.


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[BuckSnort]

A few pics of the varieties I sent you:
Red October

DNR Yellow

Cornerstone (right side, white flowers)
The pink flowers are a very small bird sized crab.