Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

The dolgo seedling I call Red Dog is doing well with recent rains.

 

[SwampCat]

My dolgos about to become jelly - if something doesnt eat them in the next week

 

[sandbur]

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My dolgos about to become jelly - if something doesnt eat them in the next week

They make the best jelly. True dolgo won’t be ready until about Labor Day here.

I like dolgo made into apple sauce as well.

 

[sandbur]

Apple sauce making should start in 40-50 days.

 

[sandbur]

“Mom told me to check the Chestnut Crab for fall lunches”

 

[bigboreblr]

Your the finder of Big dog too? How'd that one come about?

 

[sandbur]

Your the finder of Big dog too? How'd that one come about?

When we moved here, almost 40 years ago, there was a planted apple tree that died back. I left the rootstock grow back but didn’t know how to protect it from sunscauld. So it died back and the next time it grew back, I shaded the trunk.

That’s Big Dog. I have found it as a rootstock under some other trees planted on public ground ( a bike trail) in about the same time period.

 

[sandbur]

This is a red leafed seedling from a bag of Crabby Crisp apples I bought at a central Minnesota orchard. The year on the tag indicates I bought the bag of apples in 2018. Seeded that fall and I remember in the spring selecting out the red stemmed/ red leafed varieties. I need to find where this tree was planted as the apple pictured are on scion tacked on a wild crab.

Currently this fruit is slightly smaller than B118 fruit.

This bag of apples was purchased from the guy who developed KinderKrisp.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

^ ^ ^ ^ Nice size for deer to chomp on. Have you tasted them yet?

 

[sandbur]

^ ^ ^ ^ Nice size for deer to chomp on. Have you tasted them yet?

I don’t think any apples are ready to harvest here, but Norland should be getting very close. I only see one cluster of apples on my Notland this year.

My home orchard is on a gentle south slope and had a bumper crop last year. Many trees are resting and I think 90 degree days this spring then frost took out many flowers.

Outback is a gentle north slope and trees are slower to wake up in the spring. Apple crop is decent out there but most varieties are deer crabs. This seedling is tacked on a wild crab in the Outback.

 

[sandbur]

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This is a red leafed seedling from a bag of Crabby Crisp apples I bought at a central Minnesota orchard. The year on the tag indicates I bought the bag of apples in 2018. Seeded that fall and I remember in the spring selecting out the red stemmed/ red leafed varieties. I need to find where this tree was planted as the apple pictured are on scion tacked on a wild crab.

Currently this fruit is slightly smaller than B118 fruit.

This bag of apples was purchased from the guy who developed KinderKrisp.

I had a message that the only red apple he had was Pink Pearl. The orchard is on the edge of a small town where Red Splendor is in the yards. I suspect Red Splendor in the background.

 

[SwampCat]

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Apple sauce making should start in 40-50 days.

How do you keep your apple sauce - can it or freeze it?

 

[sandbur]

We freeze it.

 

[sandbur]

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The dolgo seedling I call Red Dog is doing well with recent rains.

The fruit load has tipped the central leader, but I am not going to worry about it.

 

[sandbur]

 

[sandbur]

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Lots of crabs on some of the seedlings that are Outback.

 

[sandbur]

This isn’t a crab but is a first fruit for me to taste. Boris. I think I skipped one spraying and maybe both on this tree.

 

[Native Hunter]

We freeze it.

Do you already have a post somewhere with the details of how you make sauce? If not could you give the steps on your process?

 

[sandbur]

Do you already have a post somewhere with the details of how you make sauce? If not could you give the steps on your process?

Rinse and pick through the apples or crabs. Crabs the dice of Trailman, Rescue, or Dolgo are just cooked with a bit of water.

Definitely cut larger apples in half and cutting apple crabs the size of chestnut crabs in half speeds cooking.

Then we run the cooked apples through one of these. Sometimes called Foley Food Processor or Chore Girl. All kinds of names for them.

We don’t add sugar or cinnamon. We add what we want just before eating.

 

[Native Hunter]

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Rinse and pick through the apples or crabs. Crabs the dice of Trailman, Rescue, or Dolgo are just cooked with a bit of water.

Definitely cut larger apples in half and cutting apple crabs the size of chestnut crabs in half speeds cooking.

Then we run the cooked apples through one of these. Sometimes called Foley Food Processor or Chore Girl. All kinds of names for them.

We don’t add sugar or cinnamon. We add what we want just before eating.

Thanks!