Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

This is what I call farmstead plums. They are ripe and dropping. They don’t sucker as much as wild plum rootstock and the plum is tastier.

They were in the yard of this farm when we bought and we’re also on my Grandfather’s farm in the late 50’s to early 60’s. Can anyone ID variety?

My grandparents talked about Gurneys and my Grandma may have planted these.


I stomped some plums and bur acorns in a couple of strips in two different staging areas.

Question.., if almost at age 71 and still planting acorns and plums, is it called Optimism or Senility?

;)

 

[sandbur]

Here are the two staging areas. One is a finger of a corn plot that we are going to give up and add to the area behind. The ground is packed from having to back in when working it. Browsed heavily. I scattered some switch in it. Now added a strip of acorns and plum seeds.

Yup there are apple trees back there and plum trees to the side.

 

[sandbur]

I went to the Outback trees and took a few pictures. Noran is ripe and starting to drop.

 

[sandbur]

This one of Charlie Morse’s Bunches Crab. Most have smaller crabs. I am not impressed but have seen grouse in this tree.

 

[sandbur]

Linda Sweet has a few branches loaded with fruit but there are not ripe.

 

[rocksnstumps]

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This is what I call farmstead plums. They are ripe and dropping. They don’t sucker as much as wild plum rootstock and the plum is tastier.

They were in the yard of this farm when we bought and we’re also on my Grandfather’s farm in the late 50’s to early 60’s. Can anyone ID variety?

My grandparents talked about Gurneys and my Grandma may have planted these.


I stomped some plums and bur acorns in a couple of strips in two different staging areas.

Question.., if almost at age 71 and still planting acorns and plums, is it called Optimism or Senility?

;)

Warren Buffett and Clint Eastwood say you got another 25 yrs almost anyway to go out and give'er. Although I believe Buffett just punched his I'm retired tag this yr at 94.