Fruit ripening right now - Late July

[Native Hunter]

Native - Thank-you sir !! Sounds like a real good one to add.

I've never really done any research as to how far north it can be grown. But, you could probably check around and find out. I do know that it has been popular in the south for a long time.

 

[yoderjac]

Thanks for posting this thread. I'm just starting bringing crabs and apples into my program and continue to look trees that will bear well and either resist or tolerate disease and continue to bear. Looks like one I may need to add to my list next spring when looking for scions.

 

[sandbur]

BV - Post #33 ....... No they are not the same. All-Winter-Hangover gets an apple about 1 1/2" in dia. and the Winter wildlife crab gets one about 1" according to SLN's catalog. AWH ripens in mid-season, WW ripens late. Both are said to hang into / thru winter. We have both planted at my camp and so far the AWH is in the lead for tree growth and apple production.

I think Sandbur has the Winter Wildlife crab at his place. If I remember, he's posted pix of it and it, too, looks very good. I think his pix showed the tree with red crabapples on it with lots of snow on the ground and deer tracks all around it. Maybe he'll chime in !! Sandbur ??

I think you are referring to my Garden Crab or Big Dig which is a rootstock crab.

I have a Violi's hanging crab from sln that is about 4 feet tall. Second leaf.

 

[sandbur]

All-Winter-Hangover is a tree that St. Lawrence Nursery sells - I think it's a proprietary variety (?). It gets apples about 1 1/2" in dia. that are delicious to eat if you want to rob some from the deer. Ours have good branch angles ( on their own ) and by year 3 have put on up to 50 apples. Last fall the apples dropped periodically into late December, but the tree was only about 12 ft. tall - 3rd leaf. I think as the tree grows more and has bigger fruit loads, they'll hang on longer. ( we have 3 more now ) They don't seem to be disease-prone, and they haven't been a bug magnet either. I can't vouch for CAR resistance because we have no cedars / junipers around for miles, so we don't have that problem. So far, they've been NO PROBLEM AT ALL. The oldest one is probably our best looking apple or crab on the camp's ground. This year's crop is between 40 and 50 apples again, and we had some late frosts this spring. They turn red when ripe.

If I had another old field that I could plant to apples & crabs, I'd have at least 10 All-Winter-Hangovers in there. October thru December drops for us here. I love 'em.

If I graft next year, I might need to talk you out of scion.

 

[Native Hunter]

My Liberty apples are starting to ripen and fall. I gave a bunch to my inlaws and they cooked some and said they were excellent.

The pic below of the apple I'm holding shows the average size of my Liberty this year - the tree was absolutely loaded and I didn't thin, so the size is below normal. The apple next to it is a Myers Royal Limbertwig, which is much later ripening. This apple had a light crop this year and the apples are a very good size.

 

[buckvelvet]

Someday I'll have stuff like this to post, until that day I live through you guys. So much appreciated NH!

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Sandbur - If you want some All-Winter-Hangover scion next spring, just let me know. I'll send you some - NO PROBLEM !!! Be happy to do so.

I like AWH so much, I'm looking for other areas to find spots to plant more. ( I want to plant more Chestnut crabs too !! ).