Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
At Bur's suggestion I started this thread for all of us to list our crab varieties and make any comments - good or bad - about them. All input is welcome. We can learn from each others' experiences.
Bur asked me to list the varieties I have planted at camp. I keep records of the varieties and what rootstocks they're on. My camp is on the border of zone 5 & 6. We're on a high ridge top and our usual coldest temp. is about - 17 actual air temp.
We have :
2 Dolgo on Ant.
3 Chestnut - 2 on Ant. & 1 on B-118
2 Whitney on B-118
2 Hyslop on B-118
2 All-Winter-Hangover on Ant.
2 Winter Wildlife crab on Ant.
1 Violi's on Ant.
1 Nova Scotia on B-118
1 Centennial on Ant.
1 Centurion on Ant.
1 Trailman apple/crab on Ant.
3 Kerr on B-118
2 un-named crabs, one red - one yellow about 5/8" dia. fruit on both. ( From a Pa. Game Commission seedling sale )
The only comments I can make on these is the trees on Antonovka start slow, then kick into gear and grow pretty well in year 3. B-118 starts growing quicker in the first year or 2. No complaints on either rootstock for these crabs. I spray the crabs when I spray the " regular " apple trees, but unlike the regular apples, they have never shown signs of disease or even that bugs chew on them much at all. After 2 weeks since last spray and a rain or 2, regular apples will have bugs chewing on them, maybe a few spots on the leaves - but the crabs just don't change !!! They ALWAYS look good !!! I don't worry about them.
Bur asked me to list the varieties I have planted at camp. I keep records of the varieties and what rootstocks they're on. My camp is on the border of zone 5 & 6. We're on a high ridge top and our usual coldest temp. is about - 17 actual air temp.
We have :
2 Dolgo on Ant.
3 Chestnut - 2 on Ant. & 1 on B-118
2 Whitney on B-118
2 Hyslop on B-118
2 All-Winter-Hangover on Ant.
2 Winter Wildlife crab on Ant.
1 Violi's on Ant.
1 Nova Scotia on B-118
1 Centennial on Ant.
1 Centurion on Ant.
1 Trailman apple/crab on Ant.
3 Kerr on B-118
2 un-named crabs, one red - one yellow about 5/8" dia. fruit on both. ( From a Pa. Game Commission seedling sale )
The only comments I can make on these is the trees on Antonovka start slow, then kick into gear and grow pretty well in year 3. B-118 starts growing quicker in the first year or 2. No complaints on either rootstock for these crabs. I spray the crabs when I spray the " regular " apple trees, but unlike the regular apples, they have never shown signs of disease or even that bugs chew on them much at all. After 2 weeks since last spray and a rain or 2, regular apples will have bugs chewing on them, maybe a few spots on the leaves - but the crabs just don't change !!! They ALWAYS look good !!! I don't worry about them.
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