sandbur
5 year old buck +
This dolgo seedling with 3/4 inch fruit is getting lots of use.
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
I took a tour on snowshoes and took a few pictures to get this thread back on crab apples.
I saw some turkeys and heard one partridge (grouse). Not a pheasant in sight.
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Outback there were no pheasants, just turkeys and the one pat.
I took a walk out front today and saw 7 hens and two roosters. Not a turkey track in sight.
Pheasants like the spruce alongside of the cornfield.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Smaller "bird crabs" don't attract deer ......... right?? Looks like you have some really big "birds", Bur!!!!
This dolgo seedling with 3/4 inch fruit is getting lots of use.
It looks as though everything within reach has been cleaned off that tree.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Do ravens gulping down flowering crabs count as big birds?
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Those "bird crabs" feed everything, from tweetie birds to deer. I'm happy we have several "bird crabs" at camp - for the fruit AND the pollination. Your ravens have it pretty good, it seems!
EDIT - Do you have any crabs / apples still holding some fruit there, Bur??
EDIT - Do you have any crabs / apples still holding some fruit there, Bur??
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Just wondering if you know how old this Dolgo seedling is?
This dolgo seedling with 3/4 inch fruit is getting lots of use.
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rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Sorry no pic but noticed today that 1 of 3 Franklin cider is holding a number of fruit. The other two did not have as much fruit to begin with due to late frosts and now are basically bare except for a lone apple.
Have a Honeygold that also did not drop some fruit but just the skins are still hanging, the insides must have turned to mush and dripped out. Kinda weird, not seen that before.
Have a Honeygold that also did not drop some fruit but just the skins are still hanging, the insides must have turned to mush and dripped out. Kinda weird, not seen that before.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Franklins planted 2017 from Cummins on B118. First fruit 2020. 3 of 4 doing ok while the 4th has runted out in a bit more challenging spot. More boulders and brush although maybe only 40 ft from another one. Glacial till is "variable"
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
have had fire blight on edge of my property in the past but no means a common problem so will see if these Franklins are weenies or maybe will do ok.
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
As I was out today doing battle with the prickly ash, grabbed a pic of the Franklin with some fruit yet, 6th leaf.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Franklin's, dont they make good cider trees? Picked up (2) hewes, a glden russet, arkansas black, and (2) gin pear trees, (2) empires, a golden delicious, and (2) liberties and a enteprise.
Debating adding a northern spy and a granny smith. Looking for sweeter hard ciders as well as a nice 10 pointer under it.
Debating adding a northern spy and a granny smith. Looking for sweeter hard ciders as well as a nice 10 pointer under it.
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Supposedly. The full name of the tree above is Franklin Cider and is really too new to get much feedback on cider making from a large group of folks. There actually is another tree just called Franklin which is an old heirloom variety. Turkey Creek sells those.
Teeder
5 year old buck +
I'd skip the northern spy and replace it with a nova spy. Produced much quicker for me.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Northern Spy is known to be a long wait for fruit. Like Teeder said, Nova Spy will fruit quicker and it's also more disease resistant than regular Northern Spy. Nova Spy was bred for DR in Nova Scotia, Canada.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I am thinking 15-18 years. It didn’t get much care the first few years and could have done better. No weed mat, no weed control. Life was busy with small kids and working days and some nights.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I like how your spruce are spaced behind that Franklin tree. (Jan. 1st post pic.) Lots of places for deer to bed in those gaps in those spruce among the weeds & grass.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
This is my first time posting a picture via a different route. Let’s see how it works.
This is a late holding apple crab on a neighbors land and about 3/4 miles from my house. Midwest Deer Trees will be offering it under the name of No Bull. It has survived -40. It is planted in a row and I suspect it is a seedling from SWCD. I have not tasted the apple or noticed when/ how long it drops.
About 100 yards from this tree is a wild seedling that has existed for decades and survived several bouts of -40 in an exposed area. Midwest Deer Trees offers it under the name of Wild Azz. I tasted that applecrab and it is a spitter. Hard cider makers should take a look at it. Bitters. It drops during the fall which I have lots of other apple crabs dropping. I don’t think either of these trees has had a good test for CAR as they are exposed with good air flow and not close to a lot of red cedars.
I just wanted habitat people in cold areas to be aware of these two trees.
