Chestnut, Kerr, dolgo

[Charman03]

All 3 waking up and showing some sign here in south central PA.

 

[g squared 23]

That sounds like the golden trifecta for crabapples. I put a kerr and dolgo in Saturday. Next year I’m going to have to find room for a chestnut.


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[Mortenson]

Lookin' good. I held back a Kerr, Centennial, and Hewe's Virginia in my backyard nursery, and all 3 look about like yours.

 

[sandbur]

All 3 waking up and showing some sign here in south central PA. View attachment 23597View attachment 23598View attachment 23599

Another crab apple guy is getting hooked!


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[aerospacefarmer]

Wow you are way ahead of us here in Northern PA

 

[Charman03]

As of today most of my trees are showing some green, some are almost there. Is now the time to start top working?

 

[Mortenson]

Lookin' good. I held back a Kerr, Centennial, and Hewe's Virginia in my backyard nursery, and all 3 look about like yours.

I kinda screwed up and held these 3 back another year. They each are loaded with flowers as 4.5 footers. Here's the Hewe's Virginia followed by the Kerr. I have a couple 2nd leaf Enterprise grafts in there too, and it's really impressive how late they woke up compared to these crabs.

 

[Charman03]

I kinda screwed up and held these 3 back another year. They each are loaded with flowers as 4.5 footers. Here's the Hewe's Virginia followed by the Kerr. I have a couple 2nd leaf Enterprise grafts in there too, and it's really impressive how late they woke up compared to these crabs.

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My enterprise is the latest tree I have to get going. Crimson crisp too. Way behind my chestnut, Kerr and dolgo.

 

[Barndog56]

I have all 3 of those crabs but the earliest to get going of my 50+ varieties was very surprising, my Franklin Cider trees.

 

[Tree Spud]

I have all 3 of those crabs but the earliest to get going of my 50+ varieties was very surprising, my Franklin Cider trees.

I am putting in 2 Franklin ciders today. Putting in 2 Honeycrisp for cross pollination, will be interesting to see how they do.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Spud - If those are your first Franklins, I think you'll like how fast they grow. Our 2 have really grown well. Not slow by any means.

 

[Tree Spud]

Spud - If those are your first Franklins, I think you'll like how fast they grow. Our 2 have really grown well. Not slow by any means.

Bows ... these are my first 2. Appleman had a good post about them ~ a year ago and got me intrigued. I even went to a nursury and paid more than $10 for them

Franklin Cider

 

[woodduck]

I think everyone has Franklin but me.

 

[Charles Clear]

I put 3 franklins in this fall. They woke up first before any other apple and are taking off like crazy. They have me wishing I bought a few more

 

[bwoods11]

I think everyone has Franklin but me.

Me neither. But maybe next year.

 

[KickapooKid#1]

All my trees are at tight cluster with the exceptions of Wickson crab, Florina and Honeycrisp. They seem to take the longest to wake up every year for me. I’m located in southwest Wisconsin.

 

[ACCMan]

I just potted 6 dolgo's today, hope they make it. I hunted a place in SC that had a grove of wild crabs in the woods. The number of deer that used that grove was unbelievable.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

I think everyone has Franklin but me.

I just planted my first two apple trees ever. None of them were Franklin. 2 Dolgo 2 Whitney. I figured I'd start slow so I could afford to do a better job taking care of them.

 

[sandbur]

I think everyone has Franklin but me.

I just planted my first two apple trees ever. None of them were Franklin. 2 Dolgo 2 Whitney. I figured I'd start slow so I could afford to do a better job taking care of them.

It is addicting. Do you want a phone number for AA, Apple trees Annonymous?

Just joking.


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[cavey]

Bows ... these are my first 2. Appleman had a good post about them ~ a year ago and got me intrigued. I even went to a nursury and paid more than $10 for them

Franklin Cider

Shelling out that kind of cash - you could be construed as person who has an offensive air of superiority with a touch of disdain for us little people.