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My belief from the start knowing the unique characteristics of the Franklin once out there will prove to be an excellent variety to attract Whitetail. Trees I care for on my property reached 3rd leaf this spring. Most are strong over 15 feet tall and have fruit on them.

My 2 acre food plot is split into two abutting plots. One is a mix of red clover and chicory. The other is a mix of Imperil Whitetail oats plus, Red Clover and chicory. The oats are the main attraction favored by the deer.

We grow Franklins in the root bags buried to ground level. Trees are protected from voles with aluminum screening.

It's harvest time for the Franklin parent tree. This marks 13 years in a row bearing a heavy crop. I expect to get around 30 bushels. It tested 18.5 brix about a week ago.

I am familiar with codling moth but have never heard of a "Cottling" moth. Is this a member of the Lepidopteron family I am not familiar with?

If when you cut through, like Prof Kent advised, and verify it is not codling moth I would advise to have a soil or foliage analysis done. The picture you provided looks like a boron deficiency. The product "Solubor" contains 20 Boron and use according to the instructions on the label for your...

Do they look like this?

Most of my B118 are straight. Because B118 is an early bearig rootstock when compared to a M111. I remove the fruit set until 4th year. Because of the precocious bearing nature of B118, I anchor them with a T-bar on the west-northwest side. Flat white electrical fencing wire is used to tie it...

It works like a charm with lots of fruit hanging on the trees through the hunting seasons.

Harvest season for Honeycrisp targeted to be around September 30th. Apples getting very large and starting to get color.

One of the first to produce ice cider is at Domain Pinnacle located at the southern slope of Mount Pinnacle along the Vermont border with Quebec. From my orchard view, a few miles away, is a splendid scenic view of the Pinnacle along with several other Mountains located on both sides of the...

Preparing for additional space for this years crop of Honeycrisp with the construction of a new packing and refrigeration unit for storage.

Living here in Franklin Vermont I have had the good fortune to have seen for myself the process of making ice cider where it was originated in the eastern townships of Quebec. Cyroextraction is the process of allowing the fruit to freeze on the trees for a period of time where dehydration of the...