Crabapple timeline
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Charles Clear
5 year old buck +
2 years ago. I grafted Big Dog onto a wild swamp crab and one onto a Prairiefire crab I bought at walmart before I knew what it was. Both are growing fantastic!
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Well some crabapple updates. Franklin Cider still has a number hanging on several trees. Dunno about cider but might be a decent wildlife tree anyway.
Ranetka Seedlings B & D still have about 1/2 still hanging. Ranetka Seedlings A & C have been gone for almost 4 weeks at this point
The EMS crab is gonna hang until the cows come home or the turkeys wipeout in late winter. They still have a bit of a bitter aftertaste at this point. Even the wildlife are not going bonkers for these at the moment. See birds mostly in the smaller size Red Splendor like the dime size or smaller. The ones pushing nickel size or bigger are still mostly untouched.
And last of all the wild fence row tree that is gonna drop a bunch in the next few weeks but still have a small amount into Thanksgiving. They are ok for eating but nothing great for us but the critters like em. Mostly because this old tree puts out year after year.
Ranetka Seedlings B & D still have about 1/2 still hanging. Ranetka Seedlings A & C have been gone for almost 4 weeks at this point
The EMS crab is gonna hang until the cows come home or the turkeys wipeout in late winter. They still have a bit of a bitter aftertaste at this point. Even the wildlife are not going bonkers for these at the moment. See birds mostly in the smaller size Red Splendor like the dime size or smaller. The ones pushing nickel size or bigger are still mostly untouched.
And last of all the wild fence row tree that is gonna drop a bunch in the next few weeks but still have a small amount into Thanksgiving. They are ok for eating but nothing great for us but the critters like em. Mostly because this old tree puts out year after year.
Apple Junkie
5 year old buck +
sandbur
5 year old buck +
What is the size of the Ranetka fruit? Is there much variation in size?
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rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
See post #523 but vary in size from about 1" to 1-1/2"
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I am getting old and had forgotten. Sorry.
There is good information in that post.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Rocksnstumps, post #603 -
Your Franklin Cider tree in the first pic looks like a twin to one of ours. Same shape and size, with about the same number of apples on it. Hopefully it produces like the "mother tree."
Nice pics !!
Your Franklin Cider tree in the first pic looks like a twin to one of ours. Same shape and size, with about the same number of apples on it. Hopefully it produces like the "mother tree."
Nice pics !!
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I did my post rifle season scouting walk. I have not looked at most of these apple trees in almost two months.
This is Wotanda. The fruit load broke my graft off. Most of the apples fell off when I touched them. I did salvage just a few seeds which I will pass on to a friend who is in the wildlife tree business.
The apples are not fit for eating, possibly ok for hard cider and might be good for wildlife after this time of year. I will try and salvage some scion.
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This is Wotanda. The fruit load broke my graft off. Most of the apples fell off when I touched them. I did salvage just a few seeds which I will pass on to a friend who is in the wildlife tree business.
The apples are not fit for eating, possibly ok for hard cider and might be good for wildlife after this time of year. I will try and salvage some scion.
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