Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

I picked over half of the Norlands today and they were starting to drop. They tasted great but many were culls because of hail damage.

 

[sandbur]

I picked over half of the Norlands today and they were starting to drop. They tasted great but many were culls because of hail damage.

 

[sandbur]

Lots of hail and insect damage on this wild crab seedling, but the deer won’t care.

 

[sandbur]

Another wild crab seedling.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Great deer chow, Bur!

 

[sandbur]

Yellow Dog top worked on dolgo rootstock in 2016. Somewhere there was a comment about yellow dog losing all of it’s leaves. YD has not been disease free for me, but it usually produces plenty of fruit every other year with little care. I might prune what I can reach on the tree.

 

[sandbur]

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Yellow Dog top worked on dolgo rootstock in 2016. Somewhere there was a comment about yellow dog losing all of it’s leaves. YD has not been disease free for me, but it usually produces plenty of fruit every other year with little care. I might prune what I can reach on the tree.

Sorry, 2015 top work

 

[sandbur]

Kinderkrisp open pollinated seedling.

 

[sandbur]

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Kinderkrisp open pollinated seedling.

My tagging system. OOR means on own root. Planted here in 2020. 1-19 designates first of several Kk seedlings that emerged in 2019.

 

[sandbur]

Big Dog on dolgo. Topworked 2015 and adjacent to YD above.

 

[sandbur]

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Big Dog on dolgo. Topworked 2015 and adjacent to YD above.

 

[sandbur]

Buckman crab

 

[sandbur]

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Buckman crab

 

[sandbur]

Seedling from a wild crab that was growing along the Platte River.

 

[sandbur]

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Seedling from a wild crab that was growing along the Platte River.

 

[sandbur]

Open pollinated seedling from a wild crab in the ditch by a neighbor. On own root.

 

[sandbur]

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Open pollinated seedling from a wild crab in the ditch by a neighbor. On own root.

Probably a half sister to the above.

My point is, don’t be afraid to plant seeds from wild applecrabs or apples. I also have various seedlings from some domestic varieties. Geneva crab, chestnut crab, pink Pearl, and the group of red stemmed dolgo rootstock from Ryan at Bluehills. Some others I can’t remember right now.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Bur -
I think I said in another thread on here that 2 of the YD seedlings from your seed have no real disease problems showing - so far. Good news.

 

[sandbur]

Bur -
I think I said in another thread on here that 2 of the YD seedlings from your seed have no real disease problems showing - so far. Good news.

It will be interesting to see what types of fruit you will get. The old YD has flowering crabs(Manchurian) and a variety of other seedlings all around it.

 

[sandbur]

It is time to pick the Rescue Crabs and see if I can salvage enough for a batch of applesauce.