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    Apples are one of the few things I am a snob about. Has to be a firm Red Delicious that is cold from the fridge. Really good then.

    Wife makes the best baked Granny Smiths for breakfast sometimes....:rockwoot:

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    One of my small dreams if for my apple trees to really start producing and to get into cider making. I love a johnathapple for apple pie
     
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    Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

    First and most importantly- Red Delicious suck. They are horrible. They have no place in my orchard, in my home or in any civilized society. The skin is too tough, the flesh is too soft and they do not store well. The flavor is matched or exceeded numerous varieties.

    With that out of the way, I have a small orchard- I have 9 apple trees with 8 varieties plus 2 crabapple trees for pollination help.

    Golden Delicious gets 2 trees. It's a shame that it shares a word with that other variety. It is everything the other isn't. The other cultivars I have are:

    Haralson
    Pink Lady
    McIntosh
    Stayman Winesap
    Honey Crisp
    Gala
    Fuji

    I am looking to add a Granny Smith and possibly a second Pink Lady. That a good apple. I think I had better stop there because when they all start producing...it will be interesting. All the trees are semi-dwarf.

    I have been at this for a few years, but seriously expanded the orchard 2 years ago, so only 4 trees produced last year, the oldest ones I have, Haralson, 1 of the Golden Delicious, Pink Lady and MacIntosh.

    The Haralson went nuts last year:

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    The McIntosh did well given it's only 3 years old:

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    I only pressed 2 gallons of cider, but it turned out well. I will have a better press for this season.

    My primary interest is cider, but we make apple butter, apple sauce and pie filling as well in addition to hand fruit.
     
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    HoughMade said:
    Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

    First and most importantly- Red Delicious suck. They are horrible. They have no place in my orchard, in my home or in any civilized society. The skin is too tough, the flesh is too soft and they do not store well. The flavor is matched or exceeded numerous varieties.

    With that out of the way, I have a small orchard- I have 9 apple trees with 8 varieties plus 2 crabapple trees for pollination help.

    Golden Delicious gets 2 trees. It's a shame that it shares a word with that other variety. It is everything the other isn't. The other cultivars I have are:

    Haralson
    Pink Lady
    McIntosh
    Stayman Winesap
    Honey Crisp
    Gala
    Fuji

    I am looking to add a Granny Smith and possibly a second Pink Lady. That a good apple. I think I had better stop there because when they all start producing...it will be interesting. All the treet are semi-dwarf.

    I have been at this for a few years, but seriously expanded the orchard 2 years ago, so only 4 trees produced last year, the oldest ones I have, Haralson, 1 of the Golden Delicious, Pink Lady and MacIntosh.

    The Haralson went nuts last year:

    View attachment 342460

    The McIntosh did well given it's only 3 years old:

    View attachment 342461

    I only pressed 2 gallons of cider, but it turned out well. I will have a better press for this season.

    My primary interest is cider, but we make apple butter, apple sauce and pie filling as well in addition to hand fruit.
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    Do ya trim them or spray? I tried trimming a large apple tree inad but I am pretty sure I ended up killing it when I did.
     
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    Cavman said:
    Do ya trim them or spray? I tried trimming a large apple tree inad but I am pretty sure I ended up killing it when I did.
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    I pruned all of the larger trees at the end of January. The main pruning should be before the sap starts flowing, but some pruning can be done after blossoms.

    I spray quite a bit, on average every other week after the blossoms are gone- don't want to kill off the good insects during pollination season. I use something called "Fruit Tree Spray" from TSC that is an insecticide, anti-fungal and ant-disease spray a few times over the season and Sevin just for insects the other times. I use Dormant Oil over the winter. I stop spraying about the beginning of September.

    I didn't prune very well last year which is why the trees look so gangly. I did better this year. The Haralson had so many small branches with so much fruit some parts of the tree were damaged by the weight. Hoping the pruning will help that this year.
     
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    For those who like Honeycrisp and Fuji apples, try an EverCrisp sometime. I have a small bag of EverCrisp in the garage that I got last November, still crunchy and juicy. Not great for baking, best for fresh eating IMHO.

    Here is a webpage about EverCrisp; the second article is about my go-to guy for apples, have known him for over 20 years.

    About EverCrisp® Apples – EverCrisp® Apples

    evercrispapple.com evercrispapple.com

    www.goodfruit.com

    A Midwest magic maker - Good Fruit Grower

    EverCrisp’s humble roots lie in Indiana orchard.
    www.goodfruit.com www.goodfruit.com
     
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