deepsleep
5 year old buck +
I wondered how many people are growing Florina Querina and how you are liking the tree so far. I planted a couple because Ben or Maya recommended it. I will say, so far, I'm impressed with this variety. Before I started spraying, it was one of my cleanest trees. Now that we spray 3 or 4 times a year, the apples are flawless. Supposedly, they hang very late. We had our first one last year, and it was pretty tasty. Crisp and sweet, a touch or tartness, and mellow but fairly deep flavor. This was the first year I was expecting a real crop (M7, 5th leaf), as it had a huge amount of fruit buds on it last winter. For the second year in a row we had a late May frost that zapped most of the crop. Here is a picture of one from a week ago. As you can see, the apples are pretty large, which I believe is related to the sparsity of the crop. Of interest to me is how much larger the apples on the lower scaffolds are. I guess maybe they have easier access to water/nutrients, but I've never noticed that before with apples.