Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 15:39:13 GMT -6
We got up this morning and decided to take a trip to the Scott Farm in southern Vermont. Zeke Goodband, the orchardist, was there. He worked for an orchard in my home town for 15 years and switched to this farm about 25 years ago. Here's a great article about the farm.
lhttps://newengland.com/yankee-magazine/living/profiles/the-monk-in-the-apple-orchard/
We got to talk to him one on one about apples on our land for a good 30 minutes.
A few few things I came away with are gettge trees more light. Don't worry about the height of old trees. Cut out as much dead wood and crossing branches as you can. On my Kerr tree that got decimated by tent caterpillars don't worry. It should survive unless hit for two years in a row.
He's now got 125 different heirloom varieties. I'm
going to bring some of my older apples for him to identify. I didn't get any shots of his heirloom orchard because that is off limits except for staff now. He will be giving a walk they in mid October. I hope to get to it. They ship 15 tractor trailer loads of apples a year. I believe those boxes are 15 bushel.
lhttps://newengland.com/yankee-magazine/living/profiles/the-monk-in-the-apple-orchard/
We got to talk to him one on one about apples on our land for a good 30 minutes.
A few few things I came away with are gettge trees more light. Don't worry about the height of old trees. Cut out as much dead wood and crossing branches as you can. On my Kerr tree that got decimated by tent caterpillars don't worry. It should survive unless hit for two years in a row.
He's now got 125 different heirloom varieties. I'm
going to bring some of my older apples for him to identify. I didn't get any shots of his heirloom orchard because that is off limits except for staff now. He will be giving a walk they in mid October. I hope to get to it. They ship 15 tractor trailer loads of apples a year. I believe those boxes are 15 bushel.
