Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

Been walking by my young orchard everyday. Noticing Violi's is a bit slower to wake up than other crabapples like kerr n dolgo.

Would you plant Violi's again? I think I have 3 at camp and 1 at home. Unfortunately, no scion to graft this year. Would have threw on a B118 to try out.

I would plant one or two more Violi’s if I had room. It seems like other trees might fruit at a younger age.

 

[sandbur]

Great info Sandbur

Thanks.

Deer had been spending more time on the alfalfa field lately. Green sprouts out there were about 1 inch high.


This snow seemed to move them back towards the fallen apples.

 

[sandbur]

Been walking by my young orchard everyday. Noticing Violi's is a bit slower to wake up than other crabapples like kerr n dolgo.

Would you plant Violi's again? I think I have 3 at camp and 1 at home. Unfortunately, no scion to graft this year. Would have threw on a B118 to try out.

I checked out the Violi’s this morning. Not a lot of tracks under it.

 

[sandbur]

The adjacent dolgo seedling had some action.

 

[bigboreblr]

How old you think the violi and dolgo are. I didn't think dolgo held that much fruit this late. Got 2 seedlings in 3 gallon grow pots this year. Got 2 already at camp.

 

[sandbur]

That dolgo seedling has probably been in the ground for about 20 years. Dolgo seedlings are variable for apple size and drop times.

I would need to check the tag on the Violi’s but would guess 12 years or so. Pruning and fertilization seemed to get Violi’s to start producing.

 

[sandbur]

I went for a walk between our April snowstorms to see what the deer ate overnight. The deer were feeding heavily under this flowering crab of an unknown variety. Our neighbor gave it to us over 30 years ago. View attachment 91184View attachment 91185The deer also liked the ginnala maple next to it.

Bandit and I just walked around the yard and they were quickly out there. We walked directly under that tree and I could see tiny crabs in the snow.

 

[RGrizzzz]

View attachment 91113This has to be one of our favorite apple sauces. Chestnut crab sauce may be a bit better.

Dessert consists of applesauce with a bit of Stevia and a handful of walnuts.

Those of you who don’t make applecrab sauce or dolgo jelly are missing out.

I nuked all my commercial variety apples at home and put in a trailman and a chestnut crab last spring. In a few years I'll be making these sauces!

I did add a "Highlake red fleshed" tree from Perfect Circle Farm in the fall too.

 

[sandbur]

I nuked all my commercial variety apples at home and put in a trailman and a chestnut crab last spring. In a few years I'll be making these sauces!

I did add a "Highlake red fleshed" tree from Perfect Circle Farm in the fall too.

That’s a new variety that I have never heard of. I lost two of my red flesh, but have a new one in ground. I need to check the tag, but memory says it is Hansens Red Flesh.

 

[RGrizzzz]

That’s a new variety that I have never heard of. I lost two of my red flesh, but have a new one in ground. I need to check the tag, but memory says it is Hansens Red Flesh.

Buzz Ferver is the guy behind Perfect Circle Farm. He finds a lot of road side trees to propagate. Most come from Vermont, where he lives. He offers some varieties that sound very unique. He says he doesn't spray them either.

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For the past 15 years i have spent a lot time each fall sampling wild apples on the side of the roads here in Central Vermont. If you have been to Vermont in the fall you know we have 10's of thousands of seedlings apples along the roadsides and many abandoned orchards as well. Most hold no interest

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