pruning apple trees...
01-02-2005, 05:55 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: cazenovia, NY USA
Posts: 2,973
RE: pruning apple trees...
Looks great ER - I suspect we'll see a bunch of pictures from you - I'm looking forward to seeing them.
Your crabapples are neat - we do not have any that look like that -
Our apples are from old orchards and "wild apples" - from the cow pastures of the 50's. We literally have thousands of trees - some apples are sweet - some sour. The apple in the picture is probably an old Macintosh or similar variety - Its old enough that it was probably planted. I know some are this variety - in the same orchard are a couple trees we call "pound sweet" - the apples from these trees get HUGE. Also - there are Northern Spies in the old orchards. We get some yellow apples that I think are an old variety. I'm not sure - but assume the wild varieties are cross-bred versions. Most of our apple trees have not been pruned in 30+ years
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Your crabapples are neat - we do not have any that look like that -
Our apples are from old orchards and "wild apples" - from the cow pastures of the 50's. We literally have thousands of trees - some apples are sweet - some sour. The apple in the picture is probably an old Macintosh or similar variety - Its old enough that it was probably planted. I know some are this variety - in the same orchard are a couple trees we call "pound sweet" - the apples from these trees get HUGE. Also - there are Northern Spies in the old orchards. We get some yellow apples that I think are an old variety. I'm not sure - but assume the wild varieties are cross-bred versions. Most of our apple trees have not been pruned in 30+ years
You can "edit" your post - but I don't think you can delete. What I do is "edit" it - top right corner of post - and delete the lines - and Write In - "duplicate post".
There may be another way - but I'm not sure.
01-02-2005, 06:13 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,059
RE: pruning apple trees...
Great pictures Early Riser. Those crab apple trees are loaded. I assume that they turn red when ripe? It's also nice to see that you've got mature oaks on the property. I'm kind of envious of the equipment and size of trees that you're putting in. Most of mine are bare root seedlings. The soil looks kind of clayey, are you mixing any top soil in the backfill when you plant the trees? Do you mulch or just keep the weeds down with herbicides? Are there any Persimmons or Sawtooth Oaks in your plans?
My apple trees are much more like Farm Hunter's. Old farm trees and wild trees that have sprung up. Keep up the pictures.
Dan O.
My apple trees are much more like Farm Hunter's. Old farm trees and wild trees that have sprung up. Keep up the pictures.
Dan O.