Bluehill 2025

[Teeder]

Not sure about zone 3, but TP's one of the better growing varieties I have, along with Yates. No apples yet. Pretty sure Im going into year 4 for my first BH trees.
October Crab and Goldrush produced last year.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Seedling rootstocks with various varieties grafted to them are slower to produce than some of the genetically-engineered rootstocks, generally speaking. It also depends on the variety of apple or crab. Some are more precocious than others. We have a number of varieties on Antonovka, but some varieties grew faster & produced much earlier than others - even though the rootstocks are the same.

 

[bigboreblr]

Not sure about zone 3, but TP's one of the better growing varieties I have, along with Yates. No apples yet. Pretty sure Im going into year 4 for my first BH trees.
October Crab and Goldrush produced last year.

Turning point was founded maybe 25 miles from my camp. Guy on here nicknamed Chainsaw was the person who found it.

Wanted to try a variety of rootstocks at camp. Antonovka I got most of them on. Have some siberian, a b118 or two, and few dolgo seedlings, but no grafted on dolgo. Debating graftng some 30-06 to the dolgo seedlings I got last week in grow pots. Using 30-06 and franklin cider as test subjects for different rootstocks. known varieties and have them at home too. Liberty is one I use at home to compare rootstocks M7, B118, M111, and this year G890..

Wish bluehill had hewe's crab, supposedly its good down to zone 3. I also wanted to try hewe's seedlings as rootstock. IT was a prefered roostock source during the 1700's and 1800's here on the east coast. Hard cider was like bottled water back then.


We all have a need for a few basic September apples to feed the herd. Those seedlings would be fine for that. I planted 2 or 3 antonovka seedlings for that purpose. Also gave away 1 or 2 to friend's backyards too. Im sure bluehills wild crab and dolgo seedlings would be great for that. Nice to have a surprise tree or two.

 

[Teeder]

All the grafts that I've done have been on dolgo. Planted the rootstock one year and grafted to them the next. Most of those have caught up to the grafted trees from the year before.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

Turning point was founded maybe 25 miles from my camp. Guy on here nicknamed Chainsaw was the person who found it.

Wanted to try a variety of rootstocks at camp. Antonovka I got most of them on. Have some siberian, a b118 or two, and few dolgo seedlings, but no grafted on dolgo. Debating graftng some 30-06 to the dolgo seedlings I got last week in grow pots. Using 30-06 and franklin cider as test subjects for different rootstocks. known varieties and have them at home too. Liberty is one I use at home to compare rootstocks M7, B118, M111, and this year G890..

Wish bluehill had hewe's crab, supposedly its good down to zone 3. I also wanted to try hewe's seedlings as rootstock. IT was a prefered roostock source during the 1700's and 1800's here on the east coast. Hard cider was like bottled water back then.


We all have a need for a few basic September apples to feed the herd. Those seedlings would be fine for that. I planted 2 or 3 antonovka seedlings for that purpose. Also gave away 1 or 2 to friend's backyards too. Im sure bluehills wild crab and dolgo seedlings would be great for that. Nice to have a surprise tree or two.

one thing about Hewes is its a pretty early popper..one of the earliest to break leaves out for me here in Northern PA...love the fruit and the growth it shows though