Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
^^^^ Good to hear. AWH are really good trees for us at camp.
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Apple p orn
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H20fwler
5 year old buck +
KickapooKid#1
5 year old buck +
Had a great first big fruit load on 3 of my 8th leaf standard rootstock apple trees. 2 Cortland and 1 wolf river July 22. Went up to check things out today and not a single apple left on the trees. As you could imagine im not very happy. I hate Racoons!!!
KickapooKid#1
5 year old buck +
I was to depressed to take pictures of the damaged they did on my trees.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
^^^^^ Sorry to hear of the coon damage. Coons, squirrels, bears, porkys - it's a mission to get the apples to the deer. 
SmallChunk
5 year old buck +
I picked three Whitney Crab to try today. I had one, my fiancé had one and my grandma had one. Tasty little buggers and they aren’t even ripe yet! Totally white in the seeds. One thing I noticed is that it browns very quickly.
trampledbyturtles
5 year old buck +
unknown, turned quick, seeds r half dark.
Any guesses?
One thing tho, they were crisp, tart an sweet a week ago, slightly disappointed to find they r turning slightly mealy, overripe? Guessing they r short of some sort of micro nutrient.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Your description sounds like what our Hyslop crabs are like. Great taste one time, and a week later - dry & punky.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I think some of the early apples are like that. One friend likes to pick those varieties before the seeds turn completely dark.
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I think I have 16 varieties that will produce some apples this year. 65 or so total if you count my nursery. Editing this now as I was busy at the time of the original answer. I think my blue bowl pictures will continue (and maybe in ripening order, with, ChestnutCrabs, Whitney, HoneyCrisp, PixieCrunch, KiddsOrangeRed, one I call MysteryGreen, one I call JonaGold but it probably isn't, WicksonCrab, MysteryRed, OxfordBlack, Sundance, Dabinette, GrannieSmith and GoldRush,. If you count the 3 I've posted that is 17 varieties. The number of trees containing these varieties is 25 or so as I have multiples of favorites like HC, PixieCrunch, GoldRush. These are the trees bearing this year. Should've also have HoneyGold, Enterprise and Liberty but the June drop floored me (and the apples). Ages of the trees are from 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Over the years, I've ordered scions mainly from MapleValley and Fedco. The one I call JonaGold now (might be just GoldenDelicious) was supposed to be ArkieBlack. Ha! Its Green with a red blush...its a good to great apple so I'm keeping it, but its a long way from an ArkansasBlack apple what it was supposed to be. Surprise! You don't know your order got messed up until years later - ha!
The mystery trees are supposed to be crab apple/liner tree seedlings. The one supposed to be American crab (forgot to mention my AmericanCrab..loaded too, all for the deer), I call it MysteryRed (oh, forgot this one its supposed to be a twin, but it ain't, its loaded this year too) grows an apple the size of a RedDelicious - complete with the lobes on the bottom and all! But its kinda tasteless and dry...cider here we come with it. It's a 2010 tree and big and pretty and crops pretty well too so I hate topwork it over to a great one. The MysteryGreen - same thing...supposed to be SiberianCrab...a seedling..but grows a nice size green apple which is really good / one I look forward to every year.
Strange world this apple world.
Over the years, I've ordered scions mainly from MapleValley and Fedco. The one I call JonaGold now (might be just GoldenDelicious) was supposed to be ArkieBlack. Ha! Its Green with a red blush...its a good to great apple so I'm keeping it, but its a long way from an ArkansasBlack apple what it was supposed to be. Surprise! You don't know your order got messed up until years later - ha!
The mystery trees are supposed to be crab apple/liner tree seedlings. The one supposed to be American crab (forgot to mention my AmericanCrab..loaded too, all for the deer), I call it MysteryRed (oh, forgot this one its supposed to be a twin, but it ain't, its loaded this year too) grows an apple the size of a RedDelicious - complete with the lobes on the bottom and all! But its kinda tasteless and dry...cider here we come with it. It's a 2010 tree and big and pretty and crops pretty well too so I hate topwork it over to a great one. The MysteryGreen - same thing...supposed to be SiberianCrab...a seedling..but grows a nice size green apple which is really good / one I look forward to every year.
Strange world this apple world.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
^^^^ I've never seen anyone so lucky with seeds & seedlings !!! Bur - you just have the touch. I could try 500 seeds / seedlings and not have as many winners as you seem to get.
Want to buy me a lottery ticket ???
Want to buy me a lottery ticket ???
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Jhoss - Great looking Chestnut & Whitney crab apples !!! You have a good list of orchard selections. It's crazy how 1 or 2 trees in the beginning turns into 50+ !!!!
sandbur
5 year old buck +
^^^^ I've never seen anyone so lucky with seeds & seedlings !!! Bur - you just have the touch. I could try 500 seeds / seedlings and not have as many winners as you seem to get.
Want to buy me a lottery ticket ???
This farm had two big old apple trees with yellow fruit that had been there for generations. I saved some seed.
Actually this apple is not that great. It is OK with a bit of a pear flavor and a bit soft like summer apples. The deer are eating chestnut crabs instead of this one.
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