Pick Your favorite Deer Tree orchard

[J B]

10 Kiefers.

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George- Do you have any Kieffers down there? If I remember right, that’s what you thought your yard tree was in IA. I have a few grafts from scion wood, that you sent me, growing here in WI yet. They are doing well! Good drop time with some still falling a week into November and the rut here.

 

[George]

George- Do you have any Kieffers down there? If I remember right, that’s what you thought your yard tree was in IA. I have a few grafts from scion wood, that you sent me, growing here in WI yet. They are doing well! Good drop time with some still falling a week into November and the rut here.

That's awesome, thanks for the update. In Iowa, those old trees were finishing the drop around the first week in November.

Here I have a dozen Kiefers and a couple moonglow scattered about. I also have, apples, dolgo crabs, peaches, plums, blueberries, paw paw, cherries, honey locust, chinese and dunstan chestnuts, wild persimmons.

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[DouglasCorrell]

To be honest, I can't even be sure they are really Kieffer. My partners bought and plant them, probably from a big box store. They were labeled Kieffer, but I don't really trust big box stores when it comes to labeling trees.

I bought a homely misshapen 5gal Kieffer-marked pear tree from Tractor Supply on discount. It bore one fruit this first year. The fruit certainly didn't look like a Kieffer. But it was big, delicious and, more importantly for me, it dropped November 16th here in West Central Indiana. In this case my big box store gamble paid off.

 

[Flatiron75]

Liberty, Enterprise, Sundance, Galarina, Wolf River, Turning Point, Sweet November, Roadkill crab, Winter Wildlife crab, Chinese chestnut.
That's 10 tree varieties. I could add numerous others that have proven themselves in northern Pa.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Liberty, Enterprise, Sundance, Galarina, Wolf River, Turning Point, Sweet November, Roadkill crab, Winter Wildlife crab, Chinese chestnut.
That's 10 tree varieties. I could add numerous others that have proven themselves in northern Pa.

Liberty and Enterprise are great names for a no spray orchard. I bought some apple trees from a commercial orchard only to discover that they needed sprayed every month, and supported or they'd fall over. I wish I had never seen these commercial apple trees. I found that what Patrick Henry said also applies to apple trees; give me liberty or give me death.

 

[yoderjac]

Liberty and Enterprise are great names for a no spray orchard. I bought some apple trees from a commercial orchard only to discover that they needed sprayed every month, and supported or they'd fall over. I wish I had never seen these commercial apple trees. I found that what Patrick Henry said also applies to apple trees; give me liberty or give me death.

A rather enterprising comment!

 

[Flatiron75]

Liberty and Enterprise are great names for a no spray orchard. I bought some apple trees from a commercial orchard only to discover that they needed sprayed every month, and supported or they'd fall over. I wish I had never seen these commercial apple trees. I found that what Patrick Henry said also applies to apple trees; give me liberty or give me death.

Choosing the correct rootstock that the apple variety is grafted to is important, as to will it be a free-standing tree or not. Rootstock variety also helps determine resistance to diseases and pests as well. Knowing the rootstock of the grafted tree is key.