Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I'm thinking of planting a couple Spartan apple trees this spring. Is anyone growing Spartans? What are your thoughts on the good, bad, or ugly for them? All info is welcome.
I don't know anything about Priscilla other than what I read here and OP. On the Purdue site they don't list the exact parentage, same w/ OP. I assume they effectively bread out a lot of the scab susceptibility that is always a problem w/ Macs and Mac like apples. Something I noted in NH's picture is that like Macoun, it seemed to have a very small stem, which means they will likely not hang well, dropping at or near maturity. In OP's pics they looked longer and they also noted they hang well, so I take it they are more Delicious like in that regard. Anyways with the related apples in it's lineage I bet it is tasty and from OP's description it should be pretty good DR wise making it easy to grow for deer/ habitat managers.
I always look at Orange Pippen for info Bows....
OP's description... http://www.orangepippin.com/apples/priscilla
Probably worth a try. That Purdue site says annual cropping, which means you shouldn't have to worry about boom and bust years. They also say that they may size small when over cropped, not a bad thing for deer. Honeygold is like that but they definitely need spraying for scab. Otherwise another good apple for deer.
Probably, but I've never herd the term used before. I go to a lot of talks/seminars by university apple program directors, professors and so forth, and never herd that term used. Probably some young pointy headed pencil necked geek wanting to sound smart!I don't know the meaning of " field " immune. I assumed it meant under field conditions and not " lab " conditions. Maybe I'm wrong. I know some of the best disease resistant apples - ie. Liberty - are deemed " field " immune, so I figured it's a GOOD thing.