Can we talk about Apples?
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Do we really need to crossbreed 75 different types of apples? At Wegmans tonight I had to choose between Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, Snapdragon, SweeTango, Pink Lady, Empire, McIntosh, SugarBee, Cortland, Pazazz, Macoun, Jazz, Envy, and Granny Smith. They were sold out of Cosmic and Opal.
Seriously, do we really need all of these varieties?
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The Brad
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@LuFins-Dad said in Can we talk about Apples?:
They're basically full of it. Granny Smith, Golden Dorsett and Anna are about the only varieties that will make it in my part of the state and even then they don't do particularly well. Thirty miles south of me, they won't hardly grow at all.
Past that, fuggedaboutit.
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I am going to plant a fig tree and a peach tree and an apple tree. Should I not bother with the apple?
@Horace said in Can we talk about Apples?:
I am going to plant a fig tree and a peach tree and an apple tree. Should I not bother with the apple?
I think you're spitting in the wind with the apple. Check and see what kind of pear would work.
Don't forget about checking on co-pollinators. And good luck!
Edit: I just checked and you're in Zone 9. I'm not sure a peach will work. Satsuma trees should work, as would some varieties of plums.
Need to do some research on what works best in your area.
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@Horace said in Can we talk about Apples?:
I am going to plant a fig tree and a peach tree and an apple tree. Should I not bother with the apple?
I think you're spitting in the wind with the apple. Check and see what kind of pear would work.
Don't forget about checking on co-pollinators. And good luck!
Edit: I just checked and you're in Zone 9. I'm not sure a peach will work. Satsuma trees should work, as would some varieties of plums.
Need to do some research on what works best in your area.
@Jolly said in Can we talk about Apples?:
@Horace said in Can we talk about Apples?:
I am going to plant a fig tree and a peach tree and an apple tree. Should I not bother with the apple?
I think you're spitting in the wind with the apple. Check and see what kind of pear would work.
Don't forget about checking on co-pollinators. And good luck!
Edit: I just checked and you're in Zone 9. I'm not sure a peach will work. Satsuma trees should work, as would some varieties of plums.
Need to do some research on what works best in your area.
we’ve talked to some landscape people and have gotten as many different opinions as people we’ve talked to. But fig trees are universally praised. That was what I wanted most anyway. Citrus is good, as Mik suggested. Plum is a good idea.
Education is extremely important.
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@Mik said in Can we talk about Apples?:
How about olives?
I had Autumn Olive trees next to my garage in the old house in Northern VA.
They grew like crazy, I had to cut them in half twice a year.
And the thorns put holes in the aluminum siding from blowing in the wind.
No more olives for me.
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Genetic variety is good, less you get wiped out by one pathogen or one environmental change.
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@Jolly said in Can we talk about Apples?:
@Horace said in Can we talk about Apples?:
I am going to plant a fig tree and a peach tree and an apple tree. Should I not bother with the apple?
I think you're spitting in the wind with the apple. Check and see what kind of pear would work.
Don't forget about checking on co-pollinators. And good luck!
Edit: I just checked and you're in Zone 9. I'm not sure a peach will work. Satsuma trees should work, as would some varieties of plums.
Need to do some research on what works best in your area.
we’ve talked to some landscape people and have gotten as many different opinions as people we’ve talked to. But fig trees are universally praised. That was what I wanted most anyway. Citrus is good, as Mik suggested. Plum is a good idea.
@Horace said in Can we talk about Apples?:
@Jolly said in Can we talk about Apples?:
@Horace said in Can we talk about Apples?:
I am going to plant a fig tree and a peach tree and an apple tree. Should I not bother with the apple?
I think you're spitting in the wind with the apple. Check and see what kind of pear would work.
Don't forget about checking on co-pollinators. And good luck!
Edit: I just checked and you're in Zone 9. I'm not sure a peach will work. Satsuma trees should work, as would some varieties of plums.
Need to do some research on what works best in your area.
we’ve talked to some landscape people and have gotten as many different opinions as people we’ve talked to. But fig trees are universally praised. That was what I wanted most anyway. Citrus is good, as Mik suggested. Plum is a good idea.
Figs should work really well. I've got one LSU Gold and one LSU Purple, but there are many good varieties.
Do some research on Satsumas. They grow a good many in South Louisiana. They're kinda like a mandarin.
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Honeycrisp has been my top apple for a while (thanks Minnesota!) but recently SweeTango (again, thanks Minnesota!) has taken that spot. It's so good.
If I'm in a rush, Fuji is great, sometimes Gala.
How Red and Golden Delicious are still sold is a a crime.
@89th said in Can we talk about Apples?:
Honeycrisp has been my top apple for a while (thanks Minnesota!) but recently SweeTango (again, thanks Minnesota!) has taken that spot. It's so good.
If I'm in a rush, Fuji is great, sometimes Gala.
How Red and Golden Delicious are still sold is a a crime.
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