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| Standing next to NorthPole Apple. 4.7.16 |
The NorthPole apple is about 15 years old. It's a nice shape and appearance. Difficult to find photos of such an old columnar apple tree.
The newer Northpole is a graft I did on rootstock sprouts from an old apple tree. I think this is dwarf or semidwarf rootstock, but I'm not sure. Northpole is off patent, so it's OK to use as scion.
The other apple trees are on M27. This is too dwarfing for me, but this year they look like they will be productive. I played the bee and collected pollen from the pollen fertile varieties - Northpole, Liberty - and transferred to each other and to the pollen-sterile Jonagold. I love the Jonagold apples, hope I get a good crop this year.
No photos now, but at Battleground the other columnar trees, Scarlet Sentinel and Golden Sentinel are also blooming, as is Queen Cox.
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| Jonagold on 27. 4.7.16 |
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| Liberty on M27. 4.7.16 |
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| New NorthPole Apple, at 2nd leaf. 4.7.16 |
Nothing like blossoms to get the juices flowing. Unfortunately for me, the 60mph winds and freezing temps have all but destroyed my fruit tree blooms. I'm afraid I'll nothing this year. We'll see.
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