The class of 2017

[buckvelvet]

No matter what I do, your list is always gonna be bigger than mine @CrazyEd LOL! Fantastic thing ya got going there man!

 

[Tyler]

They don't call him crazy for no reason.

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[Appleman]

We put in a diverse spread.

Franklin Cider
Cold Snap Pear
Olympic (Korean Giant) Pear
Parker Pear
Castleton Plum
Reine Claude Conducta Plum
Vision Plum
Cherry Bomb Crab
Hewes Crab
Anaros
Harvest Gold Crab
Centurion Crab
Fireside
Liberty
Enterprise
NY Bonkers
Pristine
Wolf River
Northwest Greening
Prairie Spy
Spartan
Keepsake
Snowsweet
Yates
Scarlett Surprise
Hidden Rose
Violi's Hanging Crab
Chestnut Crab
Dolgo Crab
Westfield Seek No Further
Centennial Crab
Kerr

I'm curious to learn the size of the Franklin are coming in. I have close to 2000 trees expected to arrive April 21st of which 780 are Franklin Cider. It appears to have been an excellent growing year at the Stark nursery as my paperwork all sized out at 3/4 to 7/8 inch. Tell Maya to listen up and prepare to get his shovel out for the 29th and 30th to get them in the ground before May turkey season.

 

[CrazyEd]

Hi Appleman,
I ordered my Franklin trees from Cummins which I believe you mentioned ultimately came from Stark. They were nice sized with probably (6) 12" feathers on each tree. Not quite as big as the magnum plum trees i got from them but the Franklin's were solid to say the least. Sorry I didn't have time to snap a picture.

 

[buckvelvet]

Appleman did starks do that for you as part of your agreement? Just curious...

What stock are your franklins to be grown on for commercial use?


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[CrazyEd]

My Franklin's from Cummins were on an unknown rootstock.

Franklin (Apple) Unknown grade #1
Franklin (Apple) Unknown grade #2

 

[rocksnstumps]

Just got my Cummins order. The few Franklins included were 2-1/2 to 3 ft whips. About 5/16 to 3/8 dia. They were topped so they were probably a little taller

 

[buckvelvet]

I think the franklins were all 'dwarf' this year.


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[chickenlittle]

The Franklin I ordered was supposed to be on B118. Picking my order up tomorrow from Cummins.

 

[buckvelvet]

Yeah one of the mn guys got 6 delivered today with b118 tags on em.


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[rocksnstumps]

B118 on the franklin tags i got.

 

[bcbowman]

I received 2 on b118 that were just like rock stumps described in post #27

 

[buckvelvet]

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[strawhead]

We are heading to the farm tomorrow to plant. I pulled 33 trees from my backyard nursery and picked up 8 trees from Cummins.

Experts, thanks for all the instructions, tips, ideas, etc. We will be planting about 2 dozen trees in the next week. We have some dark(almost black) aluminum screen lying around. Is this okay to use, or should it be a lighter(galvanized) color? THANKS

 

[Bowsnbucks]

This is only my 5th spring planting apples & crabs, so I don't know if darker screen would make a difference. I've always used the silver stuff right off a roll. Maybe some of the other guys have used darker screen. I'd rather have dark screen on than have no screen on at planting time !! Critters find apple tree bark quickly.

 

[CrazyEd]

I've had some that was darker that didn't cause any issues. I buy whatever I can find in huge rolls, cheaper the better.