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Post by Sandbur on Aug 31, 2023 5:12:09 GMT -6
It looks like he's still sitting on a whole bunch of Smittys stock. It may be good you picked a few up this year, maybe he won't continue to graft/carry them if they dont sell. I was going to throw 2 in the hills and one in the river bottoms. With the site being so messed up the other day I ended up with 3 orders. Definitely need to email him and try to combine and cancel a few items and reduce paying the shipping fee 3 times. My order of 1 Sweet Dog and 3 turning point seemed to have gone through so it looks like I'll get another of Art's trees. At the time of that order I had it to the payment part but it didn't appear to go through. I got a confirmation email yesterday saying it did. And a charge on the card. I really just wanted to try the Smitty's and Sweet Dog but got sucked into 4 pears when the site was finally semi working. Am looking forward to trying those. Never have before. Just to let you know that Sweet Dog is a crab, not a full sized apple. It has a taste I really like if I catch it at the proper time of ripeness. Some years I can’t catch it at that time, unless temp or chill has something to do with it. I don’t want you to expect too much. My crabs and apples in the ‘Outback’ area are having a heavy crop and nearly everything is hail damaged. I have not seen much deer sign back there at all. Maybe later when the crops come off.
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 31, 2023 8:27:25 GMT -6
I was going to throw 2 in the hills and one in the river bottoms. With the site being so messed up the other day I ended up with 3 orders. Definitely need to email him and try to combine and cancel a few items and reduce paying the shipping fee 3 times. My order of 1 Sweet Dog and 3 turning point seemed to have gone through so it looks like I'll get another of Art's trees. At the time of that order I had it to the payment part but it didn't appear to go through. I got a confirmation email yesterday saying it did. And a charge on the card. I really just wanted to try the Smitty's and Sweet Dog but got sucked into 4 pears when the site was finally semi working. Am looking forward to trying those. Never have before. Just to let you know that Sweet Dog is a crab, not a full sized apple. It has a taste I really like if I catch it at the proper time of ripeness. Some years I can’t catch it at that time, unless temp or chill has something to do with it. I don’t want you to expect too much. My crabs and apples in the ‘Outback’ area are having a heavy crop and nearly everything is hail damaged. I have not seen much deer sign back there at all. Maybe later when the crops come off. Yup, I know it's a crab. That's what I'm planting more of these days. Very few apples anymore. It's for the deer so anything taste wise is a bonus. Ryan refunded me on the Turning Points I didn't want and some shipping. Just glad I get to try a Sweet Dog and Smitty's. I have Big Dog and Buckman but neither have fruited yet. Ryan's trees seem to grow a little slower than others so far. I really need to clean up around the 8 I planted in 2021 to get rid of the weed competition. That would probably help things along. My best two trees in the hills are a 2020 Droptine from Whitetail Crabs and 2020 Freedom from SLN. Both have fruit this year. Good sized trees too.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 31, 2023 9:15:06 GMT -6
Just to let you know that Sweet Dog is a crab, not a full sized apple. It has a taste I really like if I catch it at the proper time of ripeness. Some years I can’t catch it at that time, unless temp or chill has something to do with it. I don’t want you to expect too much. My crabs and apples in the ‘Outback’ area are having a heavy crop and nearly everything is hail damaged. I have not seen much deer sign back there at all. Maybe later when the crops come off. Yup, I know it's a crab. That's what I'm planting more of these days. Very few apples anymore. It's for the deer so anything taste wise is a bonus. Ryan refunded me on the Turning Points I didn't want and some shipping. Just glad I get to try a Sweet Dog and Smitty's. I have Big Dog and Buckman but neither have fruited yet. Ryan's trees seem to grow a little slower than others so far. I really need to clean up around the 8 I planted in 2021 to get rid of the weed competition. That would probably help things along. My best two trees in the hills are a 2020 Droptine from Whitetail Crabs and 2020 Freedom from SLN. Both have fruit this year. Good sized trees too. Let me know what you think about Smitty's in a few years
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