Fruit ripening right now - Late July

[Native Hunter]

The apple that is ripening right now is Betsey Deaton. This apple is more what I would call disease tolerant than disease resistant. It is very resistant to Fireblight but in bad years for CAR it will have a lot of leaf spotting. However, it never fails to bear a good crop of apples. The vigor of the tree is strong, and within the season it will put out new leaves while others are dying.

I picked these up off the ground yesterday as they are beginning to fall now.



The next pear I will be eating is Ayers. I took the following picture yesterday. I have this pear growing at both the farm and home. This pear is highly DR and the best eating pear I have ever tasted. You could eat it right now, but it will be even better with a few more days on the tree. The taste is incredible. No disease or insect ever touches it.

 

[Jordan Selsor]

Interesting apple variety NH! I have one summer Apple that I grafted this yr called a horse Apple. It's growing great thus far on a b118. Tommy (thunter) sent me the scions. Only place I have seen a discription for it is on wildlife groups web site. You have any horse Apple trees?

 

[Native Hunter]

Interesting apple variety NH! I have one summer Apple that I grafted this yr called a horse Apple. It's growing great thus far on a b118. Tommy (thunter) sent me the scions. Only place I have seen a discription for it is on wildlife groups web site. You have any horse Apple trees?

Jordan, I don't have that variety, but it is very well known. That apple starts ripening late July too.

It's a big greenish yellow apple and was grown on many old farmsteads. I don't know about DR, but I think it would have to be good, because the variety has a reputation for being a very heavy bearer. Let us know how you like it when it starts bearing for you.

 

[woodduck]

I'm Jealous NH

 

[Jordan Selsor]

I'm Jealous NH

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He is making us all look like rookies isn't he woodduck!?

 

[Native Hunter]

I'm Jealous NH

Early fruit is nice. I've had three other varieties to ripen before this one. Two of those I like well and the other not so much.

 

[Native Hunter]

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He is making us all look like rookies isn't he woodduck!?

LOL, there is only one difference between me and you guys - I just happened to get started earlier than you did. In a few years you will forget all about ole Native's fruit.:D

 

[woodduck]

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He is making us all look like rookies isn't he woodduck!?

He sure is, I think he does it on purpose

 

[woodduck]

LOL, there is only one difference between me and you guys - I just happened to get started earlier than you did. In a few years you will forget all about ole Native's fruit.:D

Nah...without guys like you a lot of us would have got started but would have never advanced....at least I wouldn't have

 

[Native Hunter]

He sure is, I think he does it on purpose

When Priscilla ripens I will go quite for a while. I will have an apple in one hand and a club in the other - growling like an old junkyard dog and his bone.:)

 

[greyphase]

I have a Betsey Deaton in the nursery. It's one of my biggest grafts.

 

[Native Hunter]

I have a Betsey Deaton in the nursery. It's one of my biggest grafts.

I'm not surprised. I pruned mine early spring last year and it shot out new growth over 6 feet long on multiple shoots. The vigor is crazy. As mentioned before, when it starts losing some leaves from CAR and Scab, it will usually sprout new ones in many places. Leaves usually don't look too good by late season, but doesn't seem to hold it back on making fruit.

It will make a bigger apple if thinned. It always bears heavy crops.

 

[Btaylor]

NH, do you have Bevans favorite or King David by chance? We have one of each but only on 2nd leaf. Curious how they do.

 

[Native Hunter]

NH, do you have Bevans favorite or King David by chance? We have one of each but only on 2nd leaf. Curious how they do.

I have them both. I've had Bevan's long enough to be getting fruit. It is one of the apples I've already enjoyed this year. It is the best of the very early apples. Good taste and highly DR.

King David is still to young to bear for me, but it has an excellent rep.

 

[Native Hunter]

Bevan's Favorite a few days ago.

 

[Btaylor]

When were you getting Bevans? I am shooting for fruit drop from mid June through Nov. with apples pears and crabs in the mix.

 

[Native Hunter]

When were you getting Bevans? I am shooting for fruit drop from mid June through Nov. with apples pears and crabs in the mix.

Just a few days ago. I had small crops at home and at the farm. Seems like I ate the last one just about a week ago.

 

[Btaylor]

Good to know as I figure we are really close as far as growing season.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

For you newer guys who aren't familiar with Native Hunter - get used to pix of great fruit trees and lush food plots. He's a monster with his habitat work !! He ( and Dan Wombles ) convinced me I need to get hold of a Yates tree to plant at my camp .......... now he's greasing us by posting pix of Betsy Deaton & Bevan's Favorite. Electronic " Johnny Appleseed " = Native Hunter. :cool:

We just planted a Priscilla this year, Native. How is it for an eater ?? I take it if you carry a club while eating yours - it must be pretty good. Sweet ? Tart ? Juicy ?

 

[Native Hunter]

For you newer guys who aren't familiar with Native Hunter - get used to pix of great fruit trees and lush food plots. He's a monster with his habitat work !! He ( and Dan Wombles ) convinced me I need to get hold of a Yates tree to plant at my camp .......... now he's greasing us by posting pix of Betsy Deaton & Bevan's Favorite. Electronic " Johnny Appleseed " = Native Hunter. :cool:

We just planted a Priscilla this year, Native. How is it for an eater ?? I take it if you carry a club while eating yours - it must be pretty good. Sweet ? Tart ? Juicy ?

LOL, on the Electronic Johnny. You are going to love Priscilla for a lot of reasons. First, it's going to be the cleanest DR, no-spray tree in your camp. It seems to me that even the Jap Beetles don't eat the leaves as badly as some other apple trees. The taste is what I would describe as slightly sweet with just a hint of tart. Of course, I prefer an apple like that myself, and taste varies with all of us. Compared to the taste of a Honey Crisp, some might say a little bland, but Honey Crisp is just a tad on the bold side for me.

You would probably be pleased with Bevan's Favorite. You would be pleased with the yield of Betsey Deaton, but I think you might be disappointed in how the leaves look if not sprayed. I can't recommend Betsey without pointing that out. I'm a little OCD myself about those things, and I know many of you may be even more so.