leexrayshady's orchard

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
Just a bunch of pics I took today of my apple trees
first off a couple of rind grafts
state fair and honey crisp on a unkown crab tree



chestnut scion onto a flowering crab

 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
my new try at fencing my grafts most of these are b118 with a few red splendor crab rootstock as well





 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
2013 harelred


2013 whitney crab


some die back on this 2013 sparten


Honey crisp from Henry fields
 

sandbur

5 year old buck +
Lee could you give a brief explanation of a rind graft?
 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
2013 sweet sixteen


2013 nova spy I beleive


2011 Burnd ride sweet sixteen

 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
2010 Honeycrisps will they ever fruit :(



 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
more of the 3 2010 honeycrisp



 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
My favorite tree a 2011 Chestnut crab blossoms again this year hopfully and apple or two



 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
More chestnut


a 2011 nw greening that got hit with sun scauld a few years ago hanging in there
 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
2011 Whitney, from my baby apples thread, finally some apples




2011 whitney from Burnt Ridge this thing has been picked on by the deer until i finally put a decent cage around it, it to had blossoms this year but if anything sets I will pick them off as I want more growth
 

sandbur

5 year old buck +
My favorite tree a 2011 Chestnut crab blossoms again this year hopfully and apple or two



Are you saying Chestnut crab is your favorite apple?

Sound like someone I know.
 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
2011 Fireside blossoms as well
 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
Are you saying Chestnut crab is your favorite apple?

Sound like someone I know.

Probably Art even though I havent tasted one yet:p. I say its my favorite cause it is one of the first I planted and is the biggest, also chestnut scions seem to really take for me when I am grafting
 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
Honeycrisps on standard rootstock?
I think so Stu I got them from the local nursery I assume they came from baileys. I thought maybe this year I may see some blossoms but i did prune them a little hard trying to get the lowest branches to 5 ft
 

sandbur

5 year old buck +
Probably Art even though I havent tasted one yet:p. I say its my favorite cause it is one of the first I planted and is the biggest, also chestnut scions seem to really take for me when I am grafting

I should not brag yet, but I think chestnut crab is one of my grafting successes from the class.

scion was from one of the first apple trees I ever planted.
 

leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
Lee could you give a brief explanation of a rind graft?
during mid spring when the host tree is starting to push leafs, saw a good size branch off, slit the bark vertically, shave you scions to a point and insert into the pocket you made


I seal mine up with toilet bowl wax and elecrical splicing tape


you can get really good growth by mid summer
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leexrayshady

5 year old buck +
 

greyphase

5 year old buck +
Super nice growth on those trees. You must be doing something right :).
 

sandbur

5 year old buck +
Lee-How long do you leave the electrical tape in place? Should the scion be collected in winter like other scion?
 

sandbur

5 year old buck +
Lee-I would like to see the ripening dates and date/length of drop time for the whitney. I do not have a whitney.
 
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