Maya
5 year old buck +
Yes I grow Galarina, I think it is a good deer apple in that it is a good DR apple but they are harder to train. They spit out a lot of long upright branches. Along w/ Liberty (my #1 deer apple) and Enterprise, definately throw in Initial as 3 top deer apples. Anything DR to scab is good, but the only other one I have grown is CrimsonCrisp. Again a harder tree to train. They grow complex branches, forking at the tips, so you have to do a lot of pruning in early years. They do put out a good yearly crop though. Two others without great DR that I think are good deer apple are Honeygold and Zestar!. Deer hammer them! Both grow big apples and produce excellent yearly crops w/o any effort! I haven't grown either w/o spraying though so I'm not sure what they would do if left alone. I know Appleman likes Wolf River and Snow Sweet for deer apples, but I haven't grown any. I'm sure they are good though.Maya ..... post #66 - I have 3 Goldrush planted at camp for the last 3 years. They're planted for deer, but we'll eat a few too. We had our first fruit this past fall and they were really tasty. CAR isn't a problem for us at camp because we don't have any cedars around for miles ( cedars are the alternate host for the fungus - for those who don't know ). When I asked what guys thought of Goldrush, I was asking about taste. Aero and some others were talking about cider apples that were also good tasting - Goldrush fell in the conversation !!
Can you grow Galarina up there ?? What varieties would you recommend for deer plantings for northern growers ?? I have a feeling many guys would be interested in your opinion on that topic !!
Any of these can easily be grown in Zones 4 and 5, no I'm not sure about zone 3 Art! ;)