Raising and Growing Our Organic and Not- So-Organic Foods

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THis lovely read-a-loud is Amelia Bedeila in the kitchen. A read long for you children, but more of a lesson than most children get in pie making.

 

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TOm Spellman simplifies growing fruit trees. Note, summer pruning is not suitable for some areas of the country due to disease pressures, the open wounds are conducive to contamination.

His enthusiasm is infectious. Do check out the other videos posted by this company: they are wholesalers in the CA area, and post how=to fruit tree care for the home gardener.

 

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wow, how did I miss this gem. This is made by a professional nursery. Raintree.

In this next video,also a professional nursery, explains alternative methods. This lower tree is more my style as I am only getting older and ladders are not my thing now.

 

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Never seen bareroots at a local nursery.
Lovely details on the rootstock and how to choose a healthy specimen.

 

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The follow up to the above, choosing a potted plant that is one year older.

 

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Beautiful yard, lots of hours of pruning and training.... an oasis.....

 

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Im still trying to figure out what variety to plant. THis woman summarizes what I have learned to this point. TO help with chill hours, I like the zip code feature found at Stark Brother's. Makes selection of fruit tree easier to match your planting zone, aka chill hours.

 

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Still looking for variietiesto suit my needs. This summarizes all I have learned up til now. The importance of chill hours is well explained. I use Stark Brother's selection process using my zip code to select varieties that fit my zone, aka chill hours.

 

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For my situation, everything will be on a north slope. No low pockets to be concerned about.

Sure wish a fig grew here!!! I dream of a garage to house a potted fig for the winter.

 

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THis apple my boys and I picked 2 falls ago. A local orchard allowed us to pick drops. And this variety sat in boxes in a cool basement along with other varieites. BUT these were noticeable because they didnt rot like all the others. Realize these literally were boxes filled to the top, not single layer. The Spartan was a perfect eating apple--FOr me.

SPARTAN APPLE (Malus domestica)
Dark red dessert quality. Also good for cooking. Excellent keeper. Self-fertile. High antioxidant level. Resistant to scab, mildew and fireblight. Spartan Apples are a hybrid of McIntosh x Newton. Zone 3-9.

Cummins--
McIntosh x Newton Pippin; Developed at the British Columbia Station. Introduced 1936. Harvest: between Cortland and Jonagold; Season: October-December Description: Beautiful medium size dark red almost mahogany dessert quality apple. Pure white flesh, crisp sweet with some acidity. Firmer than McIntosh. Highly aromatic fine flavor. Tree Characteristics: Precocious and consistently heavy bearer. Susceptible to premature drop. Resistant to scab, mildew and fire blight. Reported hardy through zone 3. First apple variety created by the modern university breeding programs.