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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.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 15:46:53 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 15:50:56 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 15:56:42 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 15:57:48 GMT -6
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Post by kl9 on Sept 10, 2017 16:11:21 GMT -6
Sounds like a great way to spend the day! Cool pics
Gotta love picking the brain of a guy with so much info like that
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Post by smsmith on Sept 10, 2017 17:16:00 GMT -6
St. Edmund's Russet is already ripe? Not one I'd need to grow then
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 17:33:18 GMT -6
St. Edmund's Russet is already ripe? Not one I'd need to grow then It's one of their earlier apples. To me, last year, it tasted like a pear with a little grittiness. They only had a few last year so I guess I was lucky to get them. His wife didn't get any. They've got plenty this year. I forgot to mention he said they didn't have much scab this year but, I noticed that old tree had some but, I don't think they really do much with that one. It did have one of those pheromone traps in it though. His orchards are on side hills. They get lots of breeze and air so maybe that helps they run north to south for the most part.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 17:35:22 GMT -6
I liked those Hewes crabs. They were good tasting to me.
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 10, 2017 17:49:47 GMT -6
There is some history there, I would enjoy visiting.
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 10, 2017 19:43:28 GMT -6
That's pretty cool.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 12, 2017 15:37:34 GMT -6
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 12, 2017 18:07:57 GMT -6
Is that something you could grow on your place? I'd love to have a few good pear trees. My dad can sometimes get asian pears to produce, and them damn things are amazing.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 12, 2017 18:44:34 GMT -6
SD,
I've got 2-3 pear left on my land that I got from Cummins. One is finally growing ok. They just didn't do as well for me as apples.
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Post by buckvelvet on Sept 13, 2017 10:48:34 GMT -6
Yeah if i had a place like that, i'd be there a LOT!
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