Yo Native !! Our apple, crab and pear trees are doing well. We have the first 4 pears on a Kieffer that was planted a year ago. Pear trees grow fast vertically !! The apples that are older ( 15 to 50[?] ) are LOADED. Some of our younger - 3 yrs. - apples and crabs have some apples. Trees that young I snipped off all but 2 or 3 apples so the tree could grow. The one All-Winter-Hangover crab we got from SLN had about 4 doz. apples on it, but I thinned it down to about 8 to see how they turn out/hang/drop. Had 3 Centennial crabapples for the first time. They're excellent eating. One Goldrush tree has 3 apples on it - I'll try one in late October.
We can't really grow persimmons at camp - too cold, soil not right, too far north ?? We have no chestnuts either, yet - although we may plant some Chinese. We are surrounded by miles of red, white, and chestnut oaks, so we have some acorns every year. Some years are booms for acorns, some years pretty thin. Thin years are the food plot years - bow hunting the plots you see a lot more deer in & out of plots. Big years for acorns - much less food plot use, in daylight hours. They still come to plots at night, but no use for hunting. Hawthorns are packed with red berries as usual. They're a big draw for grouse especially, but also turkeys.
It looks like you have something chomping at your chestnut tree. It'll be interesting to see what's coming in to it. Good luck on the pix !!
