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I drive about 60 miles to work through the catskils mountains to work. There's a few I am keeping an eye out for. 2300ft elevation, zone 4 borderline 5. All of these trees are above the "snowline". Where the valley has cold rain but up the mountain has snow / frost.
The first one is on sate land by an old stone foundation. The other two are by old farmhouses alongside the road. Likely known varieties. Definitely grafting the large green pointed bottom one from the stone foundation. Give that twig another 100 years of fruit.....
Don't think there's been a frost up there yet. The mountainside is the last mountain before the river valley. Some mornings there's a 15 degree difference between the bottom and top of the hillside climb. Seen 23 deg last fall once.
Not pictured is a tree with large green round apples with a huge orange blush mark. About 2/3rds of the fruit is still on the trees. These trees are in the open too, so lots of wind to nudge them to fall.
The first one is on sate land by an old stone foundation. The other two are by old farmhouses alongside the road. Likely known varieties. Definitely grafting the large green pointed bottom one from the stone foundation. Give that twig another 100 years of fruit.....
Don't think there's been a frost up there yet. The mountainside is the last mountain before the river valley. Some mornings there's a 15 degree difference between the bottom and top of the hillside climb. Seen 23 deg last fall once.
Not pictured is a tree with large green round apples with a huge orange blush mark. About 2/3rds of the fruit is still on the trees. These trees are in the open too, so lots of wind to nudge them to fall.