What tree to plant?
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Triple C
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Great questions split toe! I see the fruit that Native, LLC, Chainsaw and others produce on their places and I struggle to get a half-dozen pears on a single tree. I've got Kieffers that have been in the ground since 2011 and are pushing 30 ft tall. Lush, healthy trees. Each year I keep waiting on the bumper crop but seems I always get a late frost to wipe em out. This year, same thing...got a few pears on a few trees but not enough to be worth mentioning. I attribute my struggles with where most of the pears are planted which is in the lower elevations of my property. Seems frost settles there first. I do have 8 healthy apples that LLC grafted 3 years ago so anxious to see what they produce in the coming years.
One thing I know for sure - The good ol' native persimmons produce every year with a bunch of fruit and other than keeping them daylighted, I do nothing to them. They've become my favorite soft mast tree over the years due to the predictabilily of fruiting every year.
One thing I know for sure - The good ol' native persimmons produce every year with a bunch of fruit and other than keeping them daylighted, I do nothing to them. They've become my favorite soft mast tree over the years due to the predictabilily of fruiting every year.
split toe
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I have the fruit tree package (20 something trees) from the wildlife group. They have been in the ground since 2014 and some started bearing fruit this year. I was thinking about getting some grafted persimmons. I tried the AU chestnuts from the wildlife group, but up here in Arkansas I could not get any of them to survive.
Native Hunter
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Along with the Kieffer, I would recommend a Yates Apple. It might not go into November that far south, but it should go into October. It's kind of small but a great apple and a foolproof deer apple for the south. Here is what mine look like today. The crop this year is decent but not as much as last year.
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Native Hunter
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But, if you insist on a large (and/or very ugly) apple, you might want to plant one of these.....
I've been very busy, but I'll try to take pics of Kieffer Pears with branches broken and breaking under the weight of the pears! Korean Giant/Olympic Pear is my back up pear because it blooms later, and is a hard/crispy pear that won't rot on the ground.
I just cut down a wide variety of pears that were not producing much after 8-9 years.
I just cut down a wide variety of pears that were not producing much after 8-9 years.
