Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

I wouldn't write off commercial varieties. Galarina, enterprise, sundance, yates, and granny smith, Even heard red delicious has a good later drop time.

Hate to put up all these crabapples and not have a few regular ones around. For guys who dont enter the bulk of their property, put some liberty trees near the cabin.

Wish RE gould was on here more often. He found one about 10 miles from where I hunt. Cherry Valley. Got to get there next spring.

Does your chestnut, dolgo's, trailman, and kerr make crops every year? I got young ones at home and they all wake up pretty early versus regular apple trees. Notcing Violi and 30-06 are probably 2-3 weeks later to leaf out.

It seems like all trees skip a year, sooner or later. Yearly maintenance reduces this , but it still happens.

 

[sandbur]

someone said flintlock.... Was excited to go shooting at the farm's quarry before easter, but its raining.

I got 2 OK ones so far I found. Grafted the last week. Both Are Bienniail. One is doing just fine right next to a stream about 10 feet away. That one might be the better find. Us woods folks look above the trunk, but the real advantage to others here is whats below the trunk. Drough resistance for folks down south, Rot / flood rsistance for folks in colder regions. Everyone has some land thats too wet to do stuff with other than dogwood.

That one I call warden's crab, right down the road from the DEC region headuquarters.

I saw a few posts back sandbur was killing some honeysuckle near crbaapple. You can still treat them. I put diesel motor oil mix on the stumps. If it's a known tough survivor that regenates easily, put a piece of paper towel soaked in diesel / oil and a small rock ontop. Works well at camp. I usually mix 4 parts motor oil to 1 part gasoline for starting camp fires. IDeally something 50/50 oil diesel would be good. Think the motor oil stays on the wood longer. I've used this at home to kill vines on trees that dig into the tree. I'll leave a soda bottle with some in the bottom and put the vine in there. Small plastic bag and soaked paper towels works too.

I can’t remember killing any honeysuckle. I do battle woodbine and wild cucumber during some years. Woodbine is a constant problem.

 

[sandbur]

I spent a few days this week taking out old trees and trees dying from what i think was fireblight.

My trees that are about 35 years of age are showing that age. Flowering crabs on own root, trees on Anty always seem to be more problems.

My oldest nursery tree is a chestnut crab on some rootstock from Bailey’s. The rootstock bares a 1/2-3/4 inch fruit like a dolgo. That tree is alive but hollow.

Some seedlings from my grandmother in law are that age and struggling and a couple are still doing great.

I have heard that sandy soil shortens the lifespan. That soil with our climate probably act to do so.

I still don’t like Anty rootstock and have heard from a reliable source that an experienced fruit grower in Montana needs to bury the graft to get Anty to survive.

 

[Ruffdude]

My Bluehill trees last week had instruction with them to bury the graft union when planting.

 

[Teeder]

My Bluehill trees last week had instruction with them to bury the graft union when planting.

I did that with mine. I don't know if it made a difference, but they are growing well.