rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Remember reading about the Horse apple awhile back but this nursery which caters to heritage apples has it listed as being yellow and would guess a fairly soft flesh.
Native Hunter Apples 2023
- Thread starter Native Hunter
- Start date
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I’m going to be watching my apple closer this time. I don’t remember the apples on the mother tree getting that yellow, but maybe they just picked them a little early.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
This will be my first significant crop of Olympic Giant pears. I planted this tree about 5 years ago and it has put most of its energy into growing wood until this year.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Bill, if you had a rain making machine it might help more than my waving hand!
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
This is what’s left of what was my tallest pear tree. A storm took the top out this spring but I still have an enormous crop. This is Ayers, and it’s ripening now.
Are all of your trees in an orchard setting? Or spread out throughout your property?
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
About 1/3 of them are in an orchard setting where I live, and the other 2/3 are scattered around on my farm where I hunt. Everything I grow is no spray.
BrushyPines
5 year old buck +
Let us know how the Olympic and Ayers taste, Native!
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I can already tell you about Ayers, because I have grown that variety for a long time. The taste is super sweet. In fact, another name for Ayers is "Sugar Pear." The sweet smell in hot weather draws the hornet quickly, so once they start ripening It's best to pick them fairly soon. It is an excellent DR summer pear. I've never seen a single limb with FB, and the leaves and fruit are generally spotless.
BrushyPines
5 year old buck +
Nice! Pears grow well at my place. Hoping the Ayers will too.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
This year is my first significant crop of Becton Pears. So far I can’t tell any difference between the look of Becton and Kieffer. I will try to watch the drop times. Beaton is supposed to be a little later.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I’ve had Galloway Pears before but don’t think I’ve ever posted pics of them. They are an Asian pear that resembles Olympic, but they are smaller. I have a big crop of them this year.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
This is an apple I’ve never posted before. I bought it as a late red apple but I think there was a mixup at the nursery. I now believe this tree to be a Northwest Greening. The apples on this tree are one of my favorites for drying. The tree is highly DR with zero FB over the years and very little leaf spotting. Apples are quite large (around 3.5 inches) and very clean.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I wish we could grow more pears at camp - but the bears are too much problem. We have 2 Kieffers and 1 "Morse hybrid" - which makes pears that look like these of yours. I just hope our 3 pears will outlast bear attacks. Yours look super.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Do those Galloway pears get softer & juicy when they're ripe, like a Barlett?? Always wondered what Olympics are like too, for eating and deer.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Yes, they are a good pear, but I like Olympic better. Good flavor on both.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I have two more pears for you. The first is Bartlett. When I started planting pears, I made the decision to stay away from Bartlett because of its reputation of being susceptible to fireblight. However, a few years ago when I bought some Kieffers, they sent one Bartlett by mistake.
That turned out to be an okay mistake. The tree is now mature and has never shown even a hint of fireblight. It is loaded this year and a few are beginning to ripen.
This next pear is Senator Clark. I have two of these and love them. Both have light crops this year, but they were loaded last year and the year before. Pears are big - some right at 4 inches.
That turned out to be an okay mistake. The tree is now mature and has never shown even a hint of fireblight. It is loaded this year and a few are beginning to ripen.
This next pear is Senator Clark. I have two of these and love them. Both have light crops this year, but they were loaded last year and the year before. Pears are big - some right at 4 inches.
hunts_with_stick
5 year old buck +
Mine produced last year, one of my favorite fruits.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Since they are round like apples, they should be easy to run through my tool that slices, peels and cores. I'm going to make dehydrated chips out of them this year - just like I do with apples.
