I'm in southcentral Pa zone 6B. My Myers Royal doesn't ripen until Mid-Late October and develop a great sweet-tart taste. My favorite fresh eating apple.
Just checked on the price of concrete wire at Home Depot and Lowes in southcentral Pa. 5 foot by 150 foot roll. $347 and $409. :emoji_rage: :emoji_rage::emoji_rage:
Thanks for your replys. Ryan at BlueHill wanted my opinion of Galarina and I thought I'd ask on this forum. My experience mirrors all of yours.
How about fireblight. Anyone experience it on a Galarina?
The Dolgo rootstock that I received from Ryan at Blue Hill had insane roots. :) and there was no way I was going to pot them up in my usual 3 gallon grow bags. So out came the pruners. But then I had all these nice looking pieces of roots that I couldn't let go to waste. So I cleft grafted...
I hiked back to some old apple trees that I had found last spring hoping to find some late hangers. I got lucky and found two trees with a few apples still hanging on. :) One had a few large apples on that were mealy tasting maybe sauce or pie apples, the other tree had small apples that still...
Could be a Roxbury Russet. They also look a lot like my Keener Seedling (Rusty Coat) apple that's still holding on the tree. You definitely need to do so grafting.