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There is quite a bit of variability on when Sweet Sixteen will start to
fruit. The more dwarfing the rootstock the quicker it will be to
fruit. On mm-111 (vigorous rootstock) I have two year old trees in a
row where one is heavily loaded with fruit buds and the one next to it has
none. I have a one year old on Bud-9 that has fruit buds on it too.
If the fruit sets I will remove them. Remember that one of the parents of
Sweet Sixteen is Northern Spy which tends to not fruit at a young age. The
other parent, Frostbite, had fruit on it when it was one year old and I let it
set since it was new to me and I wanted to see what it tasted like. It has
even a more intense flavor than Sweet Sixteen but tends to crack.
Bob
Western Washington
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