Definitely something I'm going to try with the few dolgo's that produced this yr. Thanks for the thread Sandbur.
I have three of those fenced in thickets and that is one of them. I planted those spruce behind there (north side) probably too close to the thicket. Nearly every tree in those thickets have different apple sizes and even colors. In most cases, all of the seed came from the same collection.^^^^^ From the looks of it, that's the fenced-in thicket you've been growing for a few years ?? Those are some great-looking apples/crabs, Art !! I see some birch or aspens and some spruce in the top pic of post #12. That looks like it would be a deer magnet with the crabs & apples, fence or not. Nice cover around there.
This is one of a row of dolgo seedlings purchased from the SWCD. It is still holding fruit and the apple is very tasty. I need to find a way to shred these for cider.
By the way, grafted dolgo drops within a few days right around Labor Day in my climates.
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