Mine still hanging
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rocksnstumps
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Have a few Franklin cider still with some mummy fruit and breaking bud also. Never really noticed fruit still on the Franklins all winter but was mild and maybe that changed things a bit. Trees are also getting bigger with more fruit to start with. Mild winters tend to have more mummy fruit left on "bird" crabs too that typically never drop but the birds will pick clean.
Now if we can just avoid some late frosts the next few weeks.
Now if we can just avoid some late frosts the next few weeks.
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
In regards to the number of bees. Went to a customer a number of years ago that used a lot of honey in products and the owner had made a small museum area about bees. Never realized that so much diversity and that WI has about 400 different bee species. Sure that it is the same in Ohio. Of course the non native honey bee gets all the press but I typically see lots of smaller bees doing the pollination by me. Not sure what they are but several different kinds as well.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Two crops at the same time.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
The last time I checked my apple trees this year was on November 30th. It looked to me as though all the GoldRush apples were still hanging. A few apples were still hanging on my Hank tree. The full-sized apples on all the other varieties had already hit the ground and been devoured. I still had lots of crabapples hanging.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Anybody have some pics to share on here. Especially Winter Wildlife, AWHO, galarina, turning pont, or sundance?
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Keep in mind scion with the roots attached are gladly accepted in the upcoming scion exchange. I may need to appease the oak tree god when I cut down an oak tree for my orchard.
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Some pics this Fall on WW planted in 2020. A couple Turning Point were planted later and waiting on fruiting yet.
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rocksnstumps
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And will throw a couple Franklin Cider pics planted 2017. Make no mistake, these are crabapples not apple sized fruit but they do begin first drop later than most and some still remain in Dec. Seems to be decent wildlife tree. For cider...dunno. For fresh eating...ah no
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rocksnstumps
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Would say Franklin start dropping some mid/late Oct but it's a slow dribble. My several trees do not fruit heavily like some other crabs so once the leaves fall you kinda wonder if they had more fruit that could not see and fell before the leaves but do not believe so.
Yeah I have one a little smaller than yours. It's only put on a handful of fruit the last 2 years. This year we had a late frost and a lot of trees suffered, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. Going to give it a few more years and if it doesn't impress me it'll get top worked.
I just found this thread on the Franklin parent tree. My apples don't really look like that and it's no where near that productive. Wonder if there was a scion mix up along the way?
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Franklin growing nice and clean
Since my last update Two additional nurseries have requested Licensing to propagate and sell the Franklin Cider tree. I have decided to limit Licensing to the seven who have signed on so not to compromise sales opportunity for these nurseries. The two additional are Fedco in Maine and Moshers...
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I ordered my Franklins from one of the sources referenced in that link, but the fruit was smaller and had none of the reddish blushing shown in the picture of the mother tree. My Franklin fruit is about the size of a ping pong ball and they are ugly and taste bad to me. But the deer like the fruit and it typically starts dropping in December and slowly drops over several months. It is definitely a keeper for wildlife in areas where winter calories are hard to find.I just found this thread on the Franklin parent tree. My apples don't really look like that and it's no where near that productive. Wonder if there was a scion mix up along the way?
Franklin growing nice and clean
Since my last update Two additional nurseries have requested Licensing to propagate and sell the Franklin Cider tree. I have decided to limit Licensing to the seven who have signed on so not to compromise sales opportunity for these nurseries. The two additional are Fedco in Maine and Moshers...
Duck Creek
A good 3 year old buck
Here's a Turning Point planted in 2021. She had 4 apples but I tried one a month ago. It was pretty hard. These are getting soft but still juicy and palatable.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
A Galarina today at our place.
Normally still has apples hanging but with the crazy west winds this past month and low fruit year this going into winter pretty bare.
Had good fruit on it last year.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
The only tree a home I have 3 of is Galarina. You going to let that double leader go on that tree?
