Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

 I decided to review some of the historic apple cultivars in my collection.   By Historic, I loosely mean anything at least 100 years old, a...

 I was too late to rescue most of the NorthPole apples, which is a bit disappointing because they are one of my favorites.  It would have be...

I ordered Apple Scion, and a Pear Scion for next year.  None of these will be new trees.  I like trying them on multigrafts.  That way they ...

 I picked some of the early fall ripening apples.  This year the Liberty apples are some of the first.  I think my approach of grating multi...

 This was the first apple from my first-leaf Redlove ® Calypso ® apple tree.  The apple fell off the small tree, so I took that as a signa...

Dolgo Crabapple Blossoms.  4.17.19 Gravenstein Apple Blossoms.  4.17.19 This year I am more carefully watching fruit tree blossom t...

 Today I planted a new bare root apple tree.  This variety is Redlove® Era®, a red-flesh apple developed in Europe by crossbreeding conven...

One of the great things about multigraft trees is, if you do't like a variety, you can remove the limb or graft others onto it, and stil...

The smaller red apples are Jonared.  The small peaches are Charlotte, didn't do great this year but still, it's some fall peache...

Porter Apple.  Source:  USDA pomological .  1905. I'm not sure if I posted this already.  I've added most of the apple varieties...

Sutton Beauty Apple.  9.28.16  I picked these apples yesterday, the entirety of my Sutton Beauty Apples.  Considering I just grafted thi...

Here is a description of the apple varieties in my collection.  It looks like a lot of trees, but most are multigrafts, as many as 6 varieti...

Unkown Stripy Neighborhood Apple.  7.13.16 Stripy Apple.  7.13.16  I ran across this apple tree while walking the dogs in my neighb...

 It's like someone flipped a switch.  It was too-hot summer.  Now it's rainy fall. Most fruits are done.   We are starting to ge...

Apple Varieties.  Image Source:  Vintageprintable.com Apple Varieties.  Image Source:  Vintageprintable.com I discovered a compa...

Ning's wildflower meadow.  5.25.14 Redmond Linden growth.  5.25.14  Puttering. The first of Ning's wildflower meadow gard...