Anna apples in the mid south

[Merle Hawggard]

I grafted an Anna apple a few years back and I'm starting to question it as a variety here.
Last year, with the warm weather, it was in full bloom in late February so of course a freeze got those along with all my pears too.
This year the pears are just swelling slightly and Anna looks like this.
I even planted it on a northeast facing slope to try and keep it dormant longer.
Anyone else grow this in 7a/6b?

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[Baker]

My Anna's are in full bloom for couple weeks here in La. I've had decent luck with them.

 

[TreeDaddy]

Not to hijack thread,.....but

What is a good draught tolerant apple?

leary of trying them here in east texas

bill

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Not to hijack thread,.....but

What is a good draught tolerant apple?

leary of trying them here in east texas

bill

My guess would be an apple suited to your area, one that can take heat, on a standard rootstock.
Maybe a newer PRI apple or if feeding deer is what you have in mind, a ben davis type.

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[buckvelvet]

Merle, a ton of people grow Anna at the other fruit growers forum but I think most of them are CA, AZ, NV, LA, or FL. I thought AR was a warmer state that could handle it, i'm sure AL would be or GA but perhaps not AR. I've been to OK and from what I seen I think Anna would be great there, and your right in that line which makes sense to grow it in your area. Maybe I'm missing something, I know the Israel apples are early types but I think even Derek @ Hocking hills grows this one to bare in OH.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Merle, a ton of people grow Anna at the other fruit growers forum but I think most of them are CA, AZ, NV, LA, or FL. I thought AR was a warmer state that could handle it, i'm sure AL would be or GA but perhaps not AR. I've been to OK and from what I seen I think Anna would be great there, and your right in that line which makes sense to grow it in your area. Maybe I'm missing something, I know the Israel apples are early types but I think even Derek @ Hocking hills grows this one to bare in OH.

BV,
It grows great, but I'm starting to believe I may not get a crop off it most years due to the low chill hours it requires.
I'm about as far north in Ark as I can get and our springs have a lot of warm days followed by the occasional deep freeze.
This thing is already showing pink while my pears that should bloom before apples are hardly showing and growth at all.
We'll see, I can always change it over to something else if it keeps getting fried by late freezes.


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[buckvelvet]

BV,
It grows great, but I'm starting to believe I may not get a crop off it most years due to the low chill hours it requires.
I'm about as far north in Ark as I can get and our springs have a lot of warm days followed by the occasional deep freeze.
This thing is already showing pink while my pears that should bloom before apples are hardly showing and growth at all.
We'll see, I can always change it over to something else if it keeps getting fried by late freezes.


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Merle,

I think ya took what i was saying the wrong way. I wasn't meaning the 'tree not growing' i meant it not fruiting. As you stated it is a very early flowering variety because its one of the earliest apple fruit bares.If you have late freeze's often I definitely wouldn't grow it.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Merle,

I think ya took what i was saying the wrong way. I wasn't meaning the 'tree not growing' i meant it not fruiting. As you stated it is a very early flowering variety because its one of the earliest apple fruit bares.If you have late freeze's often I definitely wouldn't grow it.

Well, it's good shade for a picnic lol!

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[buckvelvet]

I think early ones like Williams Pride, Devonshire Qarranden, or Irish Peach may fit that bill but not get wiped out?

 

[Merle Hawggard]

I think early ones like Williams Pride, Devonshire Qarranden, or Irish Peach may fit that bill but not get wiped out?

My William's Pride had its first blooms last year. This year I'll let a few make. I'm ready to see some reward for all the effort over the last few years!

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[buckvelvet]

Heck yeah dude, your a few years i think ahead of me, i'm going to be right there with you............in spirit!

 

[Fishman]

I have had an Anna for about 6 years now. I bought it from a nursery as a 5 gallon tree about 5 feet tall. It made apples its first three years but nothing since. I am in south Mississippi and it is already done blooming and is almost fully leafed out. I only had a few blooms this year. I bought another Anna from Walmart a couple of years ago to help with pollination. It has yet to bloom and it hasn't leafed out before April in the two years it has been in the ground. While both are Anna, they are vastly different. The one from the nursery is usually full leafed out by the time the other is even thinking about putting out its first bud. So far, I am less than impressed with both trees.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Anna update, there is no holding this thing back! My pears were only slightly breaking buds and no other apple seemed remotely interested in waking up.
If it doesn't self pollinate, I don't think I'll have any apples even if we miss a hard freeze. We'll see, looks good at least.

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[buckvelvet]

@Merle Hawggard, looked up some stuff.

Grin says. "Can be grown in Florida and low desert areas of the Southwest." Orange Pippin says its a Diploid yet it's self sterile so it has the potential to self pollinate itself, which is good because by most accounts most poeple aren't going to have another variety that blooms that early. Oddly enough, Orange Pippin normally has a staggering list of pollinators, it only lists Zestar & Pink Pearl online. It does mention 2 others i'm not real familiar with, Doresett Golden & Pink Pearmain.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Anna today, my pears are just showing tight clusters, on a side note the ticks are out.

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[buckvelvet]

ticks are out already? Yuck!!

 

[Merle Hawggard]

So far Anna has made it through a few light frosts. I did notice quite a few bloom clusters on many of my older apples and my pears were in full bloom yesterday covered in bees!
I worked in the newer part of the orchard clearing out black locust.
The blue racer approved.

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[buckvelvet]

Let it be known i liked the trees not the snake...


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[Merle Hawggard]

Let it be known i liked the trees not the snake...


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That's one of the non poisonous snakes at least. They're really kind of entertaining.
I've had them follow along behind the tractor every year.
I'm not sure if they're curious what it is or smart enough to know I may run something to eat out.

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[buckvelvet]

They chase to intimidate. They actually are quite aggressive. We have them here in W Mi, ive had them 6-8ft long and near 4 inches wide.


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