buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Matt did you do any red fleshed varieties? They have a pretty darn good selection, i know we've discussed this topic before, I'm gonna get 2 or 3 to try.
My order for spring 2016. Hope it goes as smoothly as last spring
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Matt did you do any red fleshed varieties? They have a pretty darn good selection, i know we've discussed this topic before, I'm gonna get 2 or 3 to try.
I'm looking at Northland, also. Not much information is available on it for disease?My order for spring 2016. Hope it goes as smoothly as last spring
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A guy in zone 5 or 6 really has an almost unlimited number of varieties to grow.
Thats the main reason why I'm struggling making my choices.[/QU
I am thinking of bench grafting one scion and then tackling some of these flowering crabs with multiple varieties on cleftt grafts.It sounds like it is both scab and FB susceptible, but I'm giving it a shot. I won't need 2 sticks of it though, if you want one its yours.
Np khazik's this year, Stu?
I have 613975 on the list, but keep changing my mind. Some of the SoDak apples also look interesting. They say hardy, but what is hardy for us and them??I got one kazak variety Art .....MN 80-16-18. Any of the Malus sieversii varieties are kazaks
I found that pear??^^^we don't know until we try them. For that matter is what is hardy for me hardy for you (or vice versa)?
From my list, Gourmet pear and Wakapala (you found that one) are both from SD
Maybe I am overly conservative on the fireblight rating but that would keep me from selecting that one. Some named varieties I have do have poor ratings but I am reluctant to add more. Most of cider apples on GRIN have high fireblight ratings so I'll skip them for now.That looks like a good one to me
All these comments about fireblight and nothing about CAR on GRIN.No, you found Wakapala....which is the crab/Tolman cross ;) I'm more concerned about apple scab and FB stressing the trees and leading to winter damage/death.
If you start digging through the apples, you'll find the vast majority have at least moderate susceptibility to FB shoot damage and not many have low susceptibility to FB bloom damage. I don't see central MN as a "hot bed" for FB though. Its not like we're in the SE US
I grew Gourmet this year. They are some of my slowest growing grafts. You might try Luscious instead, it is a SD originating pear tree that has grown strong for me. I have number of other reportedly cold hardy pears I grafted from GRIN this spring.^^^we don't know until we try them. For that matter is what is hardy for me hardy for you (or vice versa)?
From my list, Gourmet pear and Wakapala (you found that one) are both from SD