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Is Yates good for human consumption? I bench grafted one that’s looking good, going in the ground this fall and I’m trying to decide where to put it.
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Native Hunter Apples 2023
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Is Yates good for human consumption? I bench grafted one that’s looking good, going in the ground this fall and I’m trying to decide where to put it.
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Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Yes, the taste is really good.. But it’s a small apple so you might not like that aspect for eating.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
For a long time my Golden Hornets seemed to hang all winter and not drop, but today I noticed a few on this more mature tree are falling. I hope that this continues. I have 3 of these and they are loaded every year.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
TonySoprano
5 year old buck +
Any issue with Cedar Apple Rust ? . I wanted to plant one , but read they are susceptible.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I would say very light but not enough to concern me. If these start falling slowly through the season, I can be happy with this cultivar. Mine came from Waffler on MM111 a few years ago.
TonySoprano
5 year old buck +
I wish I would have asked you sooner before I placed a order for trees this week.
I ordered a 2 -3 foot New for 2025 Feather up Crab from Whitetail Crabs. I'm debating on calling up and having him switch it for a Golden Hornet. Just because The Golden Hornets fruits a little bigger at 1 to 1.5-inch vs 3/4 of a inch. The Feather up is already sold out in the 2-3 foot size.
Feather-Up™ Siberian Crabapple
from $16.95Feather-Up™ crabapple was selected from our Siberian crab trials for exhibiting very uniform, almost 90°, very close limb feathering from the ground up in both the nursery and field trials. This allows for more of a trim-free wildlife planting. It produces a tall, mid-sized upright tree with very dense cropping of 3/4" diameter crabs. Its crabs have shown to drop from late October through January. The tree has very good disease resistance, including complete Fireblight resistance.
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Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Lot's of early persimmons already falling. First pic is Prok and second pic is a seedling tree I have named Tiny Tim. It has small persimmons and is loaded every year. The deer relish the fruit.
PS - Notice the broken lower limbs from fruit overload on Tiny Tim.
PS - Notice the broken lower limbs from fruit overload on Tiny Tim.
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b116757
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One of my native persimmon groves today nearly snapping branches this year also. I’ve never seen them this loaded with fruit they are generally heavy producers but this is a bumper year. Native the size of those grafted persimmons is very impressive makes me think maybe I should try grafting some of my smaller natives over to those varieties.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Tony,
I think that feather up crab will be a good one for deer. I'd keep it. Redfield is a later hanging tree if you want somethng bigger from him thats still in stock.
Not sure what your goals are with this kind of tree. Hunting attraction or winter food. Think that siberian crab probably do both well. Deer's preference to a tree that has fruit available is mostly security. Is it in the open, around people, downwind, etc. That trumps most situations with apple prefernce.
Big dog can be considered a similar apple. Planted lone at farmland I hunt. I had redfield, but removed it in favor of empire. Redfield is a great hard cider apple thats also good for deer hunters. Cider is just too rough on my stomache. I'm switching to applesauce as a major apple product. Still will do a little cider both fresh and hard.
I think that feather up crab will be a good one for deer. I'd keep it. Redfield is a later hanging tree if you want somethng bigger from him thats still in stock.
Not sure what your goals are with this kind of tree. Hunting attraction or winter food. Think that siberian crab probably do both well. Deer's preference to a tree that has fruit available is mostly security. Is it in the open, around people, downwind, etc. That trumps most situations with apple prefernce.
Big dog can be considered a similar apple. Planted lone at farmland I hunt. I had redfield, but removed it in favor of empire. Redfield is a great hard cider apple thats also good for deer hunters. Cider is just too rough on my stomache. I'm switching to applesauce as a major apple product. Still will do a little cider both fresh and hard.
TonySoprano
5 year old buck +
bigboreblr ,
It probably is good, but I already E mailed Terry and asked him to switch the Feather up for a Golden Hornet. He said he would , but if I still receive the Feather up instead of the Golden Hornet it won't be a big deal. I just like the bigger size of the Golden Hornets fruit , I believe it's an inch to 1.5 VS the Feather ups 3/4 size.
I also ordered 3 Death Wish trees , 2 30-06 , 1 Redfield , 1 Golden Hornet. The Death wish tree looks awesome .
All will be planted in my Hunting plot. It's roughly in the center of my property. All my trees are planted for Wildlife with the exception of some Liberty and Enterprise I have up by the house.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
As my Dolgos mature, they are becoming a good slow drop crab for my area. I’m getting enough dropping daily right now to keep deer checking.
Dolgo ripens/drops this late at your location? Grafted Dolgo ripens in early September in the northern US
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
These do. They came from the Wildlife Group several years ago. From what I've seen, there are a lot of variations in what is sold at different nurseries as Dolgo.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Bumping this up for someone.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I'm glad to see you giving the GH a good look and chance, I know you were talking about maybe top working them over.
I think they are a great very late season soft mast option for a true winter feed source. Along with being great pollinators and very showy when all fruited up.
I have been very happy with mine and up here they have been consistently strong annual producers.
I think they are a great very late season soft mast option for a true winter feed source. Along with being great pollinators and very showy when all fruited up.
I have been very happy with mine and up here they have been consistently strong annual producers.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
How big are the apples on GH?
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
Nickle to quarter size
Derek Reese 29
5 year old buck +
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
^ ^ ^ ^ Does Golden Hornet also turn red - or is that different crab?? At any rate, those are a good size for deer munching. Deer hitting the drops, Derek??
