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Monday, September 23. 2013

An excellent apple year

Best year for apples that I can remember at the Farm.


Posted by Bird Dog at 05:30 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Between the North Pole turning into a gorgeous lake, sunbathers happily getting their tans in the Arctic Circle and now this, it's hard to find an aspect of life that global warming isn't enhancing. Go, AGW, go!
    #1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2013-09-23 06:35 (Reply)
    Great to hear, waiting for McIntosh's to arrive from my uncle in Vermont. They don't seem to carry, here in Florida, anything but the smallest ones that come in a 3 lb bag.
    #2 grant1863 on 2013-09-23 07:50 (Reply)
    I guess all the bees didn't die out this year, there must have been a few hives left to pollinate all those apples.
    #3 JimK on 2013-09-23 08:48 (Reply)
    I saw an article on Accuweather or perhaps The Weather Channel site saying as much about apples. Sadly, it apparently is going to be a poor year for pumpkins as planting was delayed due to excessive rains in June.
    #4 JKB on 2013-09-23 09:20 (Reply)
    "a poor year for pumpkins"
    Well, yes, both the spring and summer seasons got off to slow starts this year (lost far too many 'maters. Bummer), but while squash (including pumpkins) are a bit smaller so far, they should taste quite good (largish softer squash look great for decoration, but tend to taste rather bland)
    #5 Jess1 on 2013-09-23 10:11 (Reply)
    Any hints for maintenance? Do you trim branches? Spray? Fertilize?

    We have an apple tree in the backyard and it's getting rather large. Lots of apples this year.
    #6 earlw on 2013-09-23 10:20 (Reply)
    Lazy. We do not spray or fertilize. The main thing is protecting them from the beavers.

    We prune the semi-dwarf apples as advised, but cannot keep up with the standard apple trees. Applesauce.
    #6.1 BD on 2013-09-23 11:21 (Reply)
    How I envy you your apples. On the other hand, we get an excellent grapefruit crop here.
    #7 Texan99 on 2013-09-24 12:47 (Reply)

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