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  • From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Honeycrisp Questions
  • Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 22:50:22 -0500

My Honeycrisp on Bud 9 is in its third season in the ground--planted April 2004. It's only 4 feet tall, and the scaffold branches, though well formed, are not very thick--about 1/2 inch in diameter. This tree flowered and every blossom set fruit. There was plenty of pollen due to a neighbor's Jonathan, my two crabapples and a Pixie Crunch all flowering at the same time. Obviously, I'll have to thin, but can I leave any apples to mature on such a small tree? Or will the weight of developing fruit adversely affect the immature scaffold branches?

Also, have you found Honeycrisp to be a tip bearer? All the flower clusters were on branch tips that were not pruned in March.
Doreen Howard





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