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Post by Sandbur on Mar 9, 2024 16:28:47 GMT -6
Bwoods, check your messages.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 9, 2024 17:27:31 GMT -6
I can not make any recommendations for Iowa.
For central to north central Minnesota, every bow hunter should have a chestnut crab for September hunts and sometimes into the first week of October. It is also an excellent eating apple(actually an apple crab). I do not consider the Twin Cities the center of the state.
Big Dog is very hard and not an apple you would eat. It starts dropping about October 25 and crop on through the winter. With last summers drought and extra heat units, it started dropping early. It usually has a heavy crop every other year. It, too, is an apple crab.
Big Dog and Buckman crab are for winter feed for the deer.
Wild Azz is a wild tree that has grown for decades within a mile of my home. It is bitter as heck and not an eater, but might be good for hard cider. I t seems to be a late dropper from my memory. Luke told me to name the tree.
There is another tree near it that Luke calls No Bull. It is fairly young and was just loaded with fruit. I did not taste it.
He sometimes has bigger trees available if you pick them up. Sometimes they are all spoken for.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 9, 2024 17:27:55 GMT -6
Kerr is another good choice.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 9, 2024 20:44:50 GMT -6
Makes sense Art ! Big Dog sounds like a good choice, but I can certainly try a few !
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Post by smsmith on Mar 10, 2024 9:04:45 GMT -6
It's good to see young guys like Luke and Ryan at Bluehill getting into fruit trees and marketing them well.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 10, 2024 12:06:40 GMT -6
It's good to see young guys like Luke and Ryan at Bluehill getting into fruit trees and marketing them well. Both are looking at wild trees and seedlings beyond the usual fare. I don’t know a lot about hard cider, but suspect these trees would be very worth while in future years. |
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Post by smsmith on Mar 13, 2024 11:24:44 GMT -6
It's good to see young guys like Luke and Ryan at Bluehill getting into fruit trees and marketing them well. Both are looking at wild trees and seedlings beyond the usual fare. I don’t know a lot about hard cider, but suspect these trees would be very worth while in future years. I don't know much about hard cider either. I do know that it takes a metric shitton of itty bitty crabapples to come up with much juice. Freezing before juicing helps, but many wild crabs around here have awfully small fruit. With the huge numbers of wild trees with good sized fruit in much of the northeast, I'd imagine the next "big thing" in hard cider production will come from that part of the country. I know Fedco has been finding/marketing a handful of those wild trees for a number of years now. I also kind of wonder if hard ciders already had their time in the spotlight. I'm sure the hard core cider people will continue to make and consume them, but I think many of the young people who were into hard ciders a few years ago have moved on to hard sodas, hard seltzers, and THC infused drinks (and back to various beers). |
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 15, 2024 14:17:16 GMT -6
Many of you must remember the guy that wasn’t going to plant any apple trees. I now have 7 bare roots sitting in my garage. Four are grafts from a seedling of mine that I call Platte River Pippin. Basically just a decent deer apple crab. Also a Snowsweet, a Hansen’s RedFlesh, and another one or two. maybe 8 trees. Danged addiction.   |
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Post by benmnwi on Mar 15, 2024 14:24:24 GMT -6
Is the red fleshed apple for your applesauce coloring or do you have other plans for that tree?
I have one nice red fleshed tree I ordered from SLN years ago that might drop fruit this year with a little luck. Pink passion is the name, I believe if my memory is correct. I'm hoping to see my first apple on that tree this fall.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 15, 2024 17:36:44 GMT -6
Is the red fleshed apple for your applesauce coloring or do you have other plans for that tree? I have one nice red fleshed tree I ordered from SLN years ago that might drop fruit this year with a little luck. Pink passion is the name, I believe if my memory is correct. I'm hoping to see my first apple on that tree this fall. Most of those reds are not too tasty, but I eat an Almata occasionally. I knew nothing about this tree, but will probably give it a try. Heirloom crab by Midwest standards. I think I will just plant it outback, since my orchard by the house is full. |
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 15, 2024 17:41:20 GMT -6
  Here is the rest of the description. I wonder if Elk River was domestic or M. Ioensis. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 16, 2024 7:25:41 GMT -6
Has anyone bought trees in the fall from Midwest Deer Trees? I see he advertised on Facebook Marketplace.
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