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["loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>]

Doreen,

Honeycrisp has flexible branches and tends to grow into a weepy thing for me
because of the weight of the fruit.  I suggest that you remove most or all
of the fruit until your tree gets larger.

I don't find that Honeycrisp is a tip bearer.

Steve H. Lone Rock, WI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:50 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Honeycrisp Questions


> 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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