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  • From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Planting trees 2-3' apart
  • Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:18:12 -0700

You want something along these lines, but with more fruit variety?

http://www.midfex.org/yale/intro.html

~ Stephen

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of William C. Garthright
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 7:00 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Planting trees 2-3' apart


> During our phone conversation, he happened to mention that he was talking
about columnar apple trees, a fact that he hadn't mentioned in his book. Oh
joy!


Heh, heh. He just left out that minor detail? :-)

My situation is different from that of many - perhaps most? - of you,
since I'm just trying to fit as much fruit as possible into my very
limited backyard. And with my first row of trees, at least, I need to
keep them below the electric service coming into my house.

Well, and the fact is that I don't want too much of any fruit all at
once, either. I really want a variety, for as long a season as possible
(and then good storage all winter, which has been the most important
aspect of my apple varieties). That seems to mean small trees and lots
of them (or grafting different varieties, but I'm such a newbie that
just scares the heck out of me).

But I can already tell that I've been crowding things a bit much. It's
not just hard to work around my apple and plum trees without stepping on
strawberries and tangling in gooseberries, it's very difficult to spray
without drifting to other plants - plants that might be blooming just
when I need to spray.

Well, live and learn. And now that I've got *some* fruit set on, it's
easier to accept mistakes as just a learning experience. I must say,
though, that I've got nothing but respect for those of you who make a
living at this! I know you can't afford to be so nonchalant about
problems. And considering the time and money I'm spending, I really
don't know how you do it.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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