Native Hunter 2023 Apples

How are your bluehill trees below doing?

Ed's Crazy Crab
Whole Season Crab
Sonofcal Applecrab
Big Dog Crab
Advent Pear
Canisteo Apple
Big 10 Apple
Turning Point Applecrab
Rifle Deer Pear
Roadkill Crab
Buckman Crab
Big Lou Crab
Sweet November Crab
Malus Pear
Candy Crab
Ruby Rush Apple
Atago Pear
Galarina Apple
 
How are your bluehill trees below doing?

Ed's Crazy Crab
Whole Season Crab
Sonofcal Applecrab
Big Dog Crab
Advent Pear
Canisteo Apple
Big 10 Apple
Turning Point Applecrab
Rifle Deer Pear
Roadkill Crab
Buckman Crab
Big Lou Crab
Sweet November Crab
Malus Pear
Candy Crab
Ruby Rush Apple
Atago Pear
Galarina Apple
All are doing fine except for Sweet November which died for some reason. However, they are still young and none have given significant crops. Big Dog really gave some nice fruit last year, and this year I liked the looks of the fruit a lot on Whole Season Crab. The fruit was crabapple sized but didn’t dry up into mummies like others I have seen. I had two big nice Advent pears and the hornets got the biggest one. I pulled the other one and have it in my basement to eat soon.

In my area it usually take about 6 years to see any significant fruiting. That’s exactly how long it took my three best apples, so I need to be patient.
 
Amazing. Do you keep your persimmon orchard separate from other soft mass? Soft mass from hard?
No, everything is grown together, but attention is given to sunlight requirements of each species. For instance, a persimmon has more shade tolerance than an apple tree, but neither has the tolerance of Paw Paw.
 
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I took note of how beautiful these two were today when I passed by. First pic is Ed’s Crazy in full bloom and second is Whole Season Crab about 20 feet away. Both planted fall of 2021. If the drop times are good for me, I will be excited about these.

Those red leaves and blooms are insane looking.

PS - both of these are supposed to have a very extended drop time. We shall see.

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We grafted 12 rootstocks yesterday to: our favorite apple tree at the house that I don't remember what it is :rolleyes:, enterprise, and liberty scions. I'm hoping we get some growth, Dawna did most of the knife work, she's much better at it than me. The “house tree” is putting on blooms now, Dawna sent me the pic, she's a fan of closeups. lol
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