|
Post by nhmountains on May 10, 2017 5:00:46 GMT -6
Nice finds Kabic.
I'd try to open those up by cutting as much competition as you can. I'm betting there's some young wild apple seedlings growing in there as well that aren't that large yet. Look for younger whips that have the bud like nubs coming off the main trunks. If small enough you could dig them up and move them to more light. I like to put flagging tape on them when I find them.
|
|
|
Post by Sandbur on May 10, 2017 6:15:32 GMT -6
It's time to look for wild crabs in central Mn. I like Carl's idea of the flagging tape. Watch the tree thru late summer/fall and see if it is the next Franklin apple!
|
|
|
Post by kabic on May 10, 2017 17:29:19 GMT -6
I know spammed in a lot of photos but is that an apple tree in the post where I was not sure?
|
|
|
Post by nhmountains on May 10, 2017 19:17:49 GMT -6
I know spammed in a lot of photos but is that an apple tree in the post where I was not sure? I'd say yes it's an apple tree. It is begging for more light.
|
|
|
Post by nhmountains on May 10, 2017 19:25:04 GMT -6
This is an apple I spotted on my way to work. It is loaded with blossoms I never remember this tree blooming much in the past. A white pine broke off on the west side behind it which may have given it a little more light
|
|
|
Post by nhmountains on May 12, 2017 16:25:20 GMT -6
Here's one I've never noticed before looking out my back window. There's a ravine and brook in between my house and the pasture. If you look closely you can see apple blossoms at the bottom of the photo that are from a semi dwarf apple I planted 20 years ago. It's a deep ravine so you see only the top of the tree. The tree in the field looks like a wild one. I'll check it this fall.
|
|
|
Post by smsmith on May 15, 2017 5:52:17 GMT -6
I'll try to remember to snap a pic later today. I was checking how the cleth is working on my wildflower plot yesterday...look up and holy crap - there's a blooming tree that I've never seen before. Got up to it and it's a nice sized white blossom wild crab (I think it's a crab anyway) Crappy pic
|
|
|
Post by nhmountains on May 15, 2017 20:39:30 GMT -6
It's been a great bloom season here in NH this spring. We took the scenic route home yesterday and I saw hundreds of wild apple trees. There's an apple tree 100 yards from my house. It's bloomed maybe 3 times in 25 years. Nothing has changed but, this tree is also loaded with blossoms this year. I don't think I've ever seen an apple on it. I'm wondering if the drought last year caused them to bloom more ?
|
|
|
Post by honker on May 15, 2017 21:29:38 GMT -6
|
|
|
Post by honker on May 15, 2017 21:31:35 GMT -6
This one I could use some suggestions on. I was thinking maybe chokecherry that hadn't flowered out yet. Any thoughts? anonymous photo upload
|
|
|
Post by sd51555 on May 15, 2017 21:53:46 GMT -6
Yours (the last picture) looks a lot like my wild black cherry. I took this of mine friday night. Looks like the same kind of flowers along the stem. Here's what my chokecherries looked like Friday night.
|
|
|
Post by smsmith on May 16, 2017 6:20:59 GMT -6
Cherries bloom in racemes like those posted in the 3 pics above^^^^ one sure way to ID them. Narrowing it down to choke, pin, or black cherry is a little bit tougher (for me anyway)
|
|
|
Post by westbranch on May 16, 2017 9:28:53 GMT -6
Had to look up "raceme" I always thought the best way to tell the difference between pin and choke cherry is the fruit color when ripe. Choke cherry is dark purple to almost black while pin cherry is a bright red.
|
|
|
Post by sd51555 on May 16, 2017 10:38:29 GMT -6
I know those two that I posted are correctly ID'd because I planted them, and that's the only reason I know them. Beyond that, I'm worthless for cherry IDs.
|
|
|
Post by honker on May 16, 2017 12:41:00 GMT -6
Good info. I'm thinking the mystery plant is probably the black cherry based on SDs comparison photo. I'm pretty positive on the Serviceberry based on the petal shape and some type of cherry based on the raceme formation. I thought I had plums nailed, but I have yet to see fruit on those trees to verify. The critters clean everything up pretty fast. Did anyone see any other species in the pictures I attached above? Still hoping for a crabapple or apple find, but no luck so far.
|
|