There is a flowering crab up the street a few hundred yards, come to think of it. Should I thin the fruit next season to get larger apples?
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There's an awesome apple tree in my front yard planted by a PO in 1982. >> >> Tree is not much to look at but the fruits are numerous and totally free >> of >> disease, although they look mottled and streaked red/black. Taste is >> tart-sweet, crisp skin, small sized. I went to applename.com and it seems >> to be a Virginia winesap. I made applesauce on the stove (cored but >> unpeeled) and then blended it in the Blendtec - voila - pink applesauce. >> :) Also, some apple-mint jelly that has deep flavor and is quite unusual >> (not sure I like it). >> >> The winesap is not supposed to be self fruitful but my tree has nothing to >> pollinate it yet was lousy with fruit. >> > > Red Winesap is one of the older varieties, tracing back to Yurp as sops of > wine. It is a hardy variety that will survive with little or no > care/spray. They will tend to have a lot of apples if not thinned. There > may be enough pollinators around to do the job. They don't have to be > within sight. Flowering crabs abound in suburbia, and will do the job. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
