Recent content by sandbur

The best three for people would probably be Zestar, Chestnut Crab, and KinderKrisp. Trailman and St Edmund’s are also good. For deer would have to be crabs and it would vary with time of the year. I would list Chestnut Crab for the first 2-3 weeks of bow season and then some crabs for late...

Both dry and adequate rain. Good timing for farmers in my immediate area. Dry to get the crop in and dry for harvest. Adequate rain in between. Too wet to the south. Drier to the north,

Buckman Crab

Buckman Crab is not dropping yet. Grafted by Small Chunk for me on B118. Violi’s is dropping at this time in 2025. My records show differently in 2024.

Here are my notes from late October, 2024.

Snowsweet still on the tree at about a six foot height. Haralson on the ground with bites out of them. I don’t see this with crab apples or applecrabs. They are pretty much just gone.

Violi’s is still pretty much holding. This tree is on Anty from SLN and has done well.

Courthouse crab is still holding.

Noran continues a long slow drop. This might be a good choice for a bow stand.

I checked some more apples. Trail is dropping and is all mush.

That Chestnut Tree is over 35 years old. If you look at the the trunk, you can see it is hollow. I am not sure of the rootstock but suspect it is whatever Bailey’s was using at the time. The rootstock throws young trees out 12-20 feet from the trunk. I have dug these up and planted them. They...

Firecracker is ripe and dropping. I can eat a few of these. Last night I picked a few Firecracker, Chestnut, and Sweet Dog and brought them to the house.

Chestnut Crab continues a slow drop. This is my oldest tree on the farm. It’s days are limited. I have 10 or so Chestnut Crabs here.Five different locations.

Does SLN have Sweet Dog? I haven’t looked at their list this year. Sweet Dog is now dropping and at the point where they taste pretty good. This picture is Sweet Dog and a wild crab I grafted. The wild crab (red) is just mush and not dropping. I need to sample a few more of those. SD seems...

Maybe ?? A bit of russeting or something else on a Sweet Dog. I occasionally see this on Chestnut Crab. Is it only my mind that says these apples taste better? Russeting or something else?