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Working on a small nursery along with a small orchard . I am surprised dolgo has ben mentioned a couple of times already. I have grown it for years on my place but never seen anyone else grow it around here. It always has a certain % of apples that hang on into winter even though the majority...

I was looking at ordering 100 or so B118 root stock next spring .

What fruit tree varieties are on the top of your list for wildlife plantings and why? For instance apple , pear , plum ect. and what variety of that type of tree. Also what type of rootstock are they on.

Turkey Creek nailed it !

There is a line of dwarf deer around my place. They started showing up several years ago. Must be a recessive gene showing up. Same with albino deer in the area. There will be several around the area every so many years and then you wont see any again for several years.

wild plums

Unknown apples

Northern Michigan Unknown pear