Subject: [Homestead] Start thinking about spring planting of your applle trees
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:54:13 -0500
Ashmeads Kernel
Cox's Orange Pippin
King David
Arkansas Black
Esopus Spitzenburg
Snow Apple (Fameuse) Used to eat a lot of these as a kid---most unusual
flavor.
Newtown Pippin (formerly Albemarle Pippin)
CALVILLE BLANC d' HIVER
Holstein---German seedling of Cox's Orange Pippin.
I planted one of these ten years ago, but it was a drought year and my
pails of water couldn't keep it alive on the edge of a ridge with no
subsurface flow of water.
Four antiques planted at the same time with some subsurface water flow
(other side of ridge) have done well---had to surround with deer fence
of course.
http://www.southmeadowfruitgardens.com/FeaturedFruitTrees.html
(Southmeadow is the most extensive grower of Antiques, but you have to
order early---they run out of stock. Unless you have a lot of land and
time you can't grow every antique you want--see this website for other
options to the above short list.
http://www.nafex.org/nafexsrc.htm
(long list of fruit tree suppliers, but my best advice is to stay away
from Edible Landscaping, Afton, Va---Along with Miller up in New York,
on my incompetent and/or thieves list.
[Homestead] Start thinking about spring planting of your applle trees,
tvoivozhd, 01/18/2005