*^*The official fruit photo thread*^*

[cagantpr]

6th leaf Empire. I count 35 apples. My best production out of a single tree to date.

 

[cagantpr]

6th leaf Lodi on M7. Only 4 apples on this tree but they are large.

 

[buckvelvet]

6th leaf Lodi on M7. Only 4 apples on this tree but they are large.View attachment 1405

What'd ya do spray it with water for dramatic luscious picture effect?

 

[cagantpr]

What'd ya do spray it with water for dramatic luscious picture effect?

Ha! I'm not that artistic. I had just finished my last Captan / Imidan spray per Maya's (or Appleman's?) program when I decided to snap the pictures.
Since you brought it up, before I broke down, bought the $400+ Northstar tree sprayer, and started the spray program late this spring, I could hardly keep leaves on my trees much less get apples.

 

[buckvelvet]

Ha! I'm not that artistic. I had just finished my last Captan / Imidan spray per Maya's (or Appleman's?) program when I decided to snap the pictures.
Since you brought it up, before I broke down, bought the $400+ Northstar tree sprayer, and started the spray program late this spring, I could hardly keep leaves on my trees much less get apples.

Yeah that spray program is top notch for sure, its worked fantastic for me.

 

[cagantpr]

Yeah that spray program is top notch for sure, its worked fantastic for me.

I had a horrible outbreak of gypsy moth caterpillars last year. Unfortunately the Imidan doesn't affect them. My trees were defoliated before I figured that out. Eventually I hit them with Sevin which saved my leaf regrowth, at least. So, be careful of that if your area has an outbreak. It's bad news.

 

[Native Hunter]

We don't go too high tech on harvesting here.





Some apples just SCREAM - TASTE ME.....

 

[Familytradition]

Third leaf Goldrush on M111. It has never been sprayed.

 

[Fish]

Here are a few crabapple pics......












Liberty!



This is a crabapple I call "fireball". It's a seedling grown crab and drops in November. Sometimes it needs the help of a good shake to get fruit on the ground.

 

[Redneck]

Here are a few crabapple pics......

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Liberty!

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This is a crabapple I call "fireball". It's a seedling grown crab and drops in November. Sometimes it needs the help of a good shake to get fruit on the ground.
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I love the crab! What's the chances of me getting some scions off that crab this fall? I have a few wild crab seedlings I would love to graft next spring. I will pay

 

[Fish]

I love the crab! What's the chances of me getting some scions off that crab this fall? I have a few wild crab seedlings I would love to graft next spring. I will pay

No problem at all. I planned to showcase 4 or 5 crabs this fall that i have planted from seedlings. They are the only keepers out of 100 i had planted. They pass the test on diseases and fruiting. The others became smoker wood.
I would love to see them growing elsewhere, and I've grafted them too.

 

[Redneck]

No problem at all. I planned to showcase 4 or 5 crabs this fall that i have planted from seedlings. They are the only keepers out of 100 i had planted. They pass the test on diseases and fruiting. The others became smoker wood.
I would love to see them growing elsewhere, and I've grafted them too.

Sweet, just keep me in mind when you collect your scions I will gladly graft them. I'm looking for some late droppers to add to my property. I planted a good number of pears, apples, a few crabapple and around 30 chestnuts on the new place this year. I have 3 more spots I'm working on opening up so I can plant more lol

 

[Fish]

We can make it happen.

 

[Native Hunter]

 

[Maya]

Gala's will be ripe in a couple weeks.....

 

[Maya]

Liberty and a mystery tree. I bought it from a conservation group about 20 years ago, it was supposed to be a Red Delicious, but it isn't. The deer do not care though!

 

[Maya]

Zestar! a couple weeks ago....

 

[Fish]

Maya, where are you located? I picked galas a few days ago, which is a little ahead of schedule for me. Yours look fantastic.

 

[letemgrow]

No problem at all. I planned to showcase 4 or 5 crabs this fall that i have planted from seedlings. They are the only keepers out of 100 i had planted. They pass the test on diseases and fruiting. The others became smoker wood.
I would love to see them growing elsewhere, and I've grafted them too.

Count me in for some of those scions of that crabapple!! Looking to add more on my place for pollination and anything that drops late, is a bonus!!!

 

[letemgrow]

Here is an apple from seed, from Morse Nursery. Definitely has keeper sized apples and very disease resistant. Tree is roughly 10 years old now and churned out the apples big time last year.