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I had my first home grown Honeygold. It dropped off of a franken tree.

Similar I shape but chestnut tastes much better. Martha may improve as it wasn’t real ripe.

Chestnut crabs are headed for applesauce in the morning. Red Baron are dropping. Almata continues a slow drop.

Now that you mention it, I realize I might have seen the same thing. The wild apples and crabs I see in the open farmland/ prairie environs tend to be multi trunked 12-15 foot tall bushes. That with the scaly bark at young ages probably tends to give some protection against sun avails as well...

The tag is gone so we are lying on my memory as to which tree was Bilodeau( Trail). B118 is dropping. No picture.

I use it on lighter soils.

Some say to keep the mulch just a bit away from the trunk.

I went today and looked at the Trailman tag. Getting old and couldn’t remember which you asked about. I picked apples for my neighbor/ renter and for the mail lady. It was hot.

Ripe and a couple have dropped.

My apple consultant once told me that if you gently tip an apple and it comes loose from the tree, it is ripe. That doesn’t apply to all apples, but is a decent guideline. Chestnut flavor does change with time in my climate.

I haven’t really sampled any during the late October period, but do consider them just for deer. The old tree is in a NoGo area until rifle season opens in early November and I usually do not go back there. I now have one close to my house with fruit on it. Small Chunk grafted it for me.

One page from my notes indicates it started to drop on 10-16-19. I have a picture somewhere of it carrying crab apples well into winter. I suspect this drop time varies with heat units and the length of the growing season.

Most of the dolgo seedlings eventually turn dark red to purple. Apple size, drop time, and CAR resistance vary. There are taste differences.

I like a large portion of chestnut crab in the cider, especially when chestnut crab is getting towards water core. I once bought a small jug of chestnut crab ice ( hard) cider. Tasty stuff!