H20fwler
5 year old buck +
A few years ago I saw that Raintree was selling Johnny Appleseed trees made from scion off a legit tree planted by Mr. Appleseed back in the day that actually has the provenance to prove it..so I bought one. It's been a great conversation piece along with some cool history.
In the last few months I've gotten into wanting some red fleshed apples and crabs..just because.
Was on the internet the other day and ran across this all white apple so I started researching it a little and am going to have to get one to try! I did a search here and saw that mikmaze had mentioned it on here last spring but had missed his post on it.
It’s called White Cloud or Ghost Apple...what a cool looking apple, can you imagine driving down the road and seeing a tree loaded with them...it would look like a tree full of baseballs! Read mixed reviews on flavor from really sweet to bland, it is an early dropper I think August.
Then after blowing my mind with that one I went right on down the rabbit hole and searched for rarest apple tree. What came up was pretty cool, the Black Diamond apple from Tibet! A very dark purple apple that looks almost black that grows at high elevations with crazy temp swings. The article said they can be purchased to eat for $7.50-$15 each but only in China and are illegal to export? Said that even the seed are illegal to ship out of China.
I would think someone has a few of these started somewhere in the USA and is trying to cross with Arkansas Black or similar...sooner or later we will get a chance to grow our own black apples.
Just thought I would share with my fellow apple junkies...they were new to me.
Now that I have my wildlife orchards pretty much set up the way I want them I will be adding just a few here and there...but with the newer property we added onto the Little Woods last summer I'm putting in a BUNCH more apples and pears for wildlife along with any varieties I may just want to try out.
We are going to be living on the property I'll have a pond to water out of twenty yards away and I will be able to spray apple trees and baby them and we have plenty of room.
In the last few months I've gotten into wanting some red fleshed apples and crabs..just because.
Was on the internet the other day and ran across this all white apple so I started researching it a little and am going to have to get one to try! I did a search here and saw that mikmaze had mentioned it on here last spring but had missed his post on it.
It’s called White Cloud or Ghost Apple...what a cool looking apple, can you imagine driving down the road and seeing a tree loaded with them...it would look like a tree full of baseballs! Read mixed reviews on flavor from really sweet to bland, it is an early dropper I think August.
Then after blowing my mind with that one I went right on down the rabbit hole and searched for rarest apple tree. What came up was pretty cool, the Black Diamond apple from Tibet! A very dark purple apple that looks almost black that grows at high elevations with crazy temp swings. The article said they can be purchased to eat for $7.50-$15 each but only in China and are illegal to export? Said that even the seed are illegal to ship out of China.
I would think someone has a few of these started somewhere in the USA and is trying to cross with Arkansas Black or similar...sooner or later we will get a chance to grow our own black apples.
Just thought I would share with my fellow apple junkies...they were new to me.
Now that I have my wildlife orchards pretty much set up the way I want them I will be adding just a few here and there...but with the newer property we added onto the Little Woods last summer I'm putting in a BUNCH more apples and pears for wildlife along with any varieties I may just want to try out.
We are going to be living on the property I'll have a pond to water out of twenty yards away and I will be able to spray apple trees and baby them and we have plenty of room.
