Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
While spraying for bugs yesterday at camp, I noticed some interesting developments on our trees. We have our first Prairie Spy apples, first N.Y. 35 " Bonkers " apples, a big Wolf River apple, a dozen or so Centennial crabs, and numerous Hyslop crabs. The one tree variety that surprised me is the Winter Wildlife crab from SLN. They are growing really well and this year are producing clusters of 1" dia. apples. They really shot upward since last year - Antonovka rootstock.
Our OLD apple trees - over 50 years - are loaded with apples. I have no idea what variety they are. The one is pretty much biennial with heavy crops every other year. The other old tree is loaded and is the one we released from pine trees 2 years ago. Time will tell if it's biennial after this year's heavy crop.
Our unknown crabs - we have 2 that make 1 1/2" apples - are once again loaded. Deer have been seen standing on their back legs swatting the lower branches to knock apples to the ground. They seem to be every-other-year croppers, at least for heavy crops.
One of our Goldrush trees had so many apples on it - probably 2 dozen - I removed all but 10 or so. It's a 5th leaf tree on B-118, and I didn't want to stunt it from faster growth. It's about 12 ft. tall and very healthy, but I have to let a few on because they're so stinkin' good to eat !!
Our OLD apple trees - over 50 years - are loaded with apples. I have no idea what variety they are. The one is pretty much biennial with heavy crops every other year. The other old tree is loaded and is the one we released from pine trees 2 years ago. Time will tell if it's biennial after this year's heavy crop.
Our unknown crabs - we have 2 that make 1 1/2" apples - are once again loaded. Deer have been seen standing on their back legs swatting the lower branches to knock apples to the ground. They seem to be every-other-year croppers, at least for heavy crops.
One of our Goldrush trees had so many apples on it - probably 2 dozen - I removed all but 10 or so. It's a 5th leaf tree on B-118, and I didn't want to stunt it from faster growth. It's about 12 ft. tall and very healthy, but I have to let a few on because they're so stinkin' good to eat !!