sandbur
5 year old buck +
A co worker brought some crabs to work and did not know what they were. I had chestnuts on the table. Hers were Whitney’s. This thread was the reference guide!
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Crabapple Varieties & guys' comments / input
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A co worker brought some crabs to work and did not know what they were. I had chestnuts on the table. Hers were Whitney’s. This thread was the reference guide!
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
Here is another dolgo seedling. In a week or two it should be ripe and good to blend in cider.
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I grabbed a chestnut from the next tree for size comparison.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Bur - You sure hit pots of gold when you try seeds / seedlings !! Seems like you're batting between 900 and 1000%.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I got 4 seeds from my one and only Almata apple and are saving the seeds from my 5 Kinderkrisp apples. All open pollinated, so who knows what I will get.
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
I can also show pictures of dolgo seedlings full of CAR and others with apples the size of your little finger nail.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
They look good, Bur. Tasty ??
sandbur
5 year old buck +
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Here is another dolgo seedling. In a week or two it should be ripe and good to blend in cider.
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I picked the dolgo seedlings( in the buckets) along with chestnuts in the cart.
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
I would guess I have 150 seedlings. Lots of duds, some Ok, about three that I really like.
I am currently collecting seeds from Kinderkrisp, Crabby Crisp, and my one and only Almata apple.
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
I would say ten years. If I would take scion from those that sprouted this spring, I’ll bet it would be 3-5 years.
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
I also have to ask what you mean by a good one?
A good crab for eating, a crab good enough to blend in cider, a good producer for the Deer to eat, or a crab that hangs late.
Lots of seedlings are just crabs that produce heavy crops every other year with very little care. Some produce every year.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Those trailer pix have me slobbering. I can only imagine what some of those taste like. The Chestnut crabs look delicious. I can't wait for our Chestnuts to produce loads.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
A friend is bringing over a bucket of wild crabs and a bucket of larger apples. It looks like my Frostbite is ready to go. That should make 9 or 10 varieties in tomorrow’s cider.
Over half will be chestnut .
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
Picked today to press for cider on Tuesday. All are seedlings except the chestnut crabs.
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With the added Frostbites and a few other buckets, we had 18 gallons.
If there are 13 varieties in it, can we call it the new Minnesota 13?
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