Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Wow, thanks for saving that. It is much appreciated.
Fruit Tree Guide
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MoBuckChaser
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I would sure like to find a nursery that has 7-10 gal potted apple trees that are standard size and rust/scab resistant......in MN or Iowa? Anyone?
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Wallace Woodstock in Neillsville, WI I think would have that size for you to pickup.
Also could look at this guy in Carlton, MN. http://theappletreeguy.com/
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MoBuckChaser
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Carlton is not that far from me in MN. Thanks BV!
sandbur
5 year old buck +
pm me with the guys name, if you talk to him.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Quick hit to checking pollination partners.
https://www.orangepippintrees.com/pollinationchecker.aspx
https://www.orangepippintrees.com/pollinationchecker.aspx
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
A study completed in 1904, breaking down different area districts and what fruit they thought grew best in each region. Good way to find the older heirlooms/heritage varieties.
You can download the pdf here.....https://archive.org/download/CAT87201635/farmbul0208.pdf
You can download the pdf here.....https://archive.org/download/CAT87201635/farmbul0208.pdf
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A study completed in 1904, breaking down different area districts and what fruit they thought grew best in each region. Good way to find the older heirlooms/heritage varieties.
You can download the pdf here.....https://archive.org/download/CAT87201635/farmbul0208.pdf
One thing I've found with regards to looking at growing heirlooms is contacting local cider places. Although a lot of their commercial stuff is your generic (i.e. newer) varieties, I've found that a lot of these folks have a backyard nursery or a few heirloom varieties that they keep for themselves. I emailed 15+ this year and ~10 responded. Out of those 6 or 7 had good, relatively local, feedback/info on some heirlooms I was interested in.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Amazing Study by Walden Heights Nursery!
Its attached as a pdf and here is a link to the tables they made in reference.
https://waldenheightsnursery.com/test-2
Credit to nhmountains for finding this study.
Its attached as a pdf and here is a link to the tables they made in reference.
https://waldenheightsnursery.com/test-2
Credit to nhmountains for finding this study.
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
I came across the Walden Heights projects last year but on www.sare.org, which funded some of the project. I found some of the tables but could not figure out who did the work. I finally had to e-mail folks at SARE and they pointed me to the project page on their website. I think there is more info on Walden's website than what I found. Looks like a great project. The kind of thing I think we could do together with some organization and training. Hardest part is getting us novices trained up on disease and pests to make sure things would be documented right.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
With out a doubt we could do a pretty awesome study.
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
There's been a couple questions about old trees. Here is a guide on Fedco's website on how to renovate an old or wild apple tree. Based on a guide from Michigan State Extension.
https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/renovating.htm
https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/renovating.htm
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
This is a good basic list of disease-resistant (DR) apple trees for people wanting to plant for either home use or wildlife purposes. Asterisks after an apple variety indicate variables of DR in some locales.
Liberty
Enterprise
Freedom
Goldrush *** Goldrush is susceptible to CAR, and some locations with Eastern red cedar (an alternate host plant for the CAR fungus) are more prone to see CAR on Goldrush.
Sundance
Galarina
Priscilla
Winecrisp
Crimson Topaz
Redfree
The trees listed above have varying degrees of disease resistance to scab, cedar-apple rust (CAR), fire blight (FB), and mildew. These are tested varieties that are recommended for home growers, organic operations, and wildlife plantings for "no spray" or minimal spraying regimens.
Liberty
Enterprise
Freedom
Goldrush *** Goldrush is susceptible to CAR, and some locations with Eastern red cedar (an alternate host plant for the CAR fungus) are more prone to see CAR on Goldrush.
Sundance
Galarina
Priscilla
Winecrisp
Crimson Topaz
Redfree
The trees listed above have varying degrees of disease resistance to scab, cedar-apple rust (CAR), fire blight (FB), and mildew. These are tested varieties that are recommended for home growers, organic operations, and wildlife plantings for "no spray" or minimal spraying regimens.
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
Hey Bows, I had my first goldrush this past fall and I approve! I used captozeb spray on it most of the year to pull it off.
Without the spray I'd never get an apple from it.
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Without the spray I'd never get an apple from it.
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R.E. Gould
5 year old buck +
So I take it Goldrush gets pretty well decimated by CAR if unsprayed?
I had my first branch of them last year, which dodged a hard, late frost that seemed to knock off a lot of the other varieties. Very tasty apples.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
For us Goldrush gets hard with CAR without spraying.
Here are a few more varieties that are about as close to bullet proof as you can hope for; Arkansas Black, Williams Pride and Yellow Transparent.
Here are a few more varieties that are about as close to bullet proof as you can hope for; Arkansas Black, Williams Pride and Yellow Transparent.
