Crabapple timeline

[TonySoprano]

View attachment 88851View attachment 88852I have been knocking some crab apples off of the trees outback over the last few weeks. The first picture is a seedling and the old pole saw with a hook is great for shaking limbs.

The second picture is the Buckman Crab.

Today we hit 35 degrees(above zero!) and when I shook the Buckman crab, many of the apples broke up when hitting the frozen snow. I shook the neighboring Big Dog and the apples held together when they hit the snow. Big Dog is more firm.

This might be an indication if Buckman is a good choice or not in southern climates.

I will only shake Buckman when temps are below freezing.

Al drops are getting eaten here, even bird crabs.

WOW !!!

 

[TonySoprano]

View attachment 88947View attachment 88948View attachment 88949Deer are eating any crab that hits the ground. I shook some more limbs today.

I also started pruning a few dolgo seedlings. Then the snow drifts got too deep.

Will they drop if you don't hit them ?

 

[sandbur]

Will they drop if you don't hit them ?

Some fruit drops off of each tree.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Damn spell check. Not ‘ mercurial’ crabs but Manchurian Crabs.

Technology. It's just wonderful.

 

[bigboreblr]

Our friend turkey Creek has 3 big dogs on m111 left.

 

[sandbur]

Our friend turkey Creek has 3 big dogs on m111 left.

That sounds like a good combination.

 

[bigboreblr]

Hoping someone buys them before me. Got plenty to plant and really want to wait 2 or 3 years to see if those m111's do well on my property. Still debating filling up 2 or 3 acres of trees and making a organic u pick orchard at home. Lost 2 orchards in town the past year. I'm haggling for a pruning tower from one of them.

They got a 4 pack deal with enterprise, Hawkeye, Yates, and centennial for 105. Tried grafting Yates last year, it didn't take.

You put another tree or two off the back porch, you wouldn't have to carry water far........

 

[sandbur]

Hoping someone buys them before me. Got plenty to plant and really want to wait 2 or 3 years to see if those m111's do well on my property. Still debating filling up 2 or 3 acres of trees and making a organic u pick orchard at home. Lost 2 orchards in town the past year. I'm haggling for a pruning tower from one of them.

They got a 4 pack deal with enterprise, Hawkeye, Yates, and centennial for 105. Tried grafting Yates last year, it didn't take.

You put another tree or two off the back porch, you wouldn't have to carry water far........

Always tempted for one more…

 

[sandbur]

Dang, I am a sucker for applecrabs and some of those hardy Canadian/ Alaskan varieties. Wish I were younger. I only have a handful of trees to topwork.

A friend is bringing me some scion from Dearborns Unknown, Prairie Sensation, 922 End, Coopersville Crab, and a few others.

Some of this scion is from Bozeman Montana.

Does anybody have experience with these varieties?

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Sorry, Bur - I never heard of any of those. Good luck with topworking them, though!

 

[Dantana]

I posted about this tree a year or two ago, a late holding apple in a nearby town. Darn near March and still holding a good amount. Lots on the ground, too.

I grafted it onto rootstock a few years ago but will probably grab a few more scion for topworking this year.

 

[RGrizzzz]

I posted about this tree a year or two ago, a late holding apple in a nearby town. Darn near March and still holding a good amount. Lots on the ground, too.

I grafted it onto rootstock a few years ago but will probably grab a few more scion for topworking this year.

Wow. Get enough to share!