APPLES, APPLES and more APPLES

[CatDaddy]

They will be in Fargo on the 27th of October at Scheel Home and Hardware parking lot. They will have Honey Crisp and Ever Crisp apples there. 70 $ for a BU at 40 to44 #. You can get smaller amounts. Great people to work with. Guy that runs it lives in North Fargo. LB

I bought a 1/2 BU a few weekends ago. Their Honey Crisp are amazing, love hand picking my own out of their stock. My youngest said the juiciest apple he's ever eaten.

 

[grumster]

My apple tree is full, as a matter of fact anyone one in the Bismarck area wanting deer apples.. hit me up.

 

[snow2]

Over whelmed with apples this fall not honey crisp but great to eat,neighbors horses are my best friend lately.

 

[1lessdog]

Over whelmed with apples this fall not honey crisp but great to eat,neighbors horses are my best friend lately.

Do you prune your trees to get that many apples? I often read a bird should be able to fly threw a tree.

 

[Prairie Doggin']

Those damn Asian beetles, the sucky ladybug, destroyed most of the apples I had. Hate those damn things.

 

[snow2]

Do you prune your trees to get that many apples? I often read a bird should be able to fly threw a tree.

Yes,every spring ( march usually) I hack em up pretty good to help keep the yield down then after they bud and little apples appear i shake the trees hard to drop a mass of tiny apples and after all this still get several bushels, late summer into fall its a pain mowing,all day project picking apples before I mow,love/hate deal cant/won't cut the tree's down,had neighbor kids come over and fill 5 gallon buckets for their mom to make pies and such,they grew up and left me to fend for myself....

 

[7mmMag]

Need some opinions on apple trees. I’m looking at planting a couple trees in the spring. The local greenhouse is ordering the following:
Honeycrisp
Honeygold
Fireside
Cortland
Sweet Sixteen

What are differences between these varieties and what does everyone prefer? I’m looking for apples to eat not necessarily for baking.

 

[Prairie Doggin']

Honeycrisp are great eaters. Think I read they are pretty fragile and have a pretty short season. That's why they're pretty expensive in the store, the $0.99/lb all of a sudden.

 

[Sluggo]

Honeygold! I have had a honeygold tree in my yard for 30 years. 2 different trees. They have produced the best eating apples around.

 

[BDub]

I read somewhere this fall that Honeycrisp apple trees are turning out to be not so great. I think that there’s a tree guy in Fargo that wrote about it. He’s a tree guru. I have not had the greatest luck with my honeycrisp tree. Never again.

 

[BDub]

https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ex...-horticulture/fruits/best-apples-north-dakota

 

[Prairie Doggin']

I read somewhere this fall that Honeycrisp apple trees are turning out to be not so great. I think that there’s a tree guy in Fargo that wrote about it. He’s a tree guru. I have not had the greatest luck with my honeycrisp tree. Never again.

I also have not had great luck -- usually because I let deer get them. Have a couple now that should produce soon.

I think they are fickle, but apples are great if you get some.

 

[49994]

I have had good luck with prairie magic and the apples are very good as well.

 

[scrotcaster]

Haroldson apples trees are very hardy and produce a good fruit.

 

[camper]

Our Honeycrisp has yielded many and very tasty apples over the years, except for the previous summer. Many of our neighbors and people in the area also said it was the worst year for apples they've ever had in our area.

 

[johnr]

Our Honeycrisp has yielded many and very tasty apples over the years, except for the previous summer. Many of our neighbors and people in the area also said it was the worst year for apples they've ever had in our area.

I have 4 summers on my maybe 6 year old honeycrisp. It produce one apple the first year, and zero every year since.

My father is somewhat a horticulturist and said to cut about half the branches off, and rough up a few spots on the tree, shocking it into new growth, claims that will help make it produce. So this fall that is what I did, well see.

Last year it didn't even bud, so its not that it isn't getting pollinated, it in fact hasn't budded since season one.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Our Honeycrisp has yielded many and very tasty apples over the years, except for the previous summer. Many of our neighbors and people in the area also said it was the worst year for apples they've ever had in our area.

Its getting to the point that if you want good apples, you need to be good about spraying your fruit to prevent insect damage. Honeycrisp has thin skin and is a favorite of apple maggot. They are hard to beat if they are grown well IMO. Sweetango is going off patent soon and might be available in the next couple years. Thats a daughter of honeycrisp that many people like. I got some opal apples from my tree for the first time this last summer, they are strikingly sweet. Good but if you dont like sugar it might almost be too much for you. Another offspring from honeycrips that I really like is pixie crunch, its a small apple, almost crabapple size, but the fruit is very good, I think better than honeycrisp. Also it is nice for kids because of the smaller snack sized apples. Pixie crunch is kinda borderline hardy for our area unfortunately and ive had some dieback on it over bad winters.

 

[camper]

I have 4 summers on my maybe 6 year old honeycrisp. It produce one apple the first year, and zero every year since.

My father is somewhat a horticulturist and said to cut about half the branches off, and rough up a few spots on the tree, shocking it into new growth, claims that will help make it produce. So this fall that is what I did, well see.

Last year it didn't even bud, so its not that it isn't getting pollinated, it in fact hasn't budded since season one.

If I pay your gas, will you come and rough my tree up? Tree not me.

 

[scrotcaster]

These apple variety names are starting to sound more and more like names you find at your local dispensary

 

[Lycanthrope]

I have 4 summers on my maybe 6 year old honeycrisp. It produce one apple the first year, and zero every year since.

My father is somewhat a horticulturist and said to cut about half the branches off, and rough up a few spots on the tree, shocking it into new growth, claims that will help make it produce. So this fall that is what I did, well see.

Last year it didn't even bud, so its not that it isn't getting pollinated, it in fact hasn't budded since season one.

If its not producing, its not happy, like humans, when plants are unhappy they dont try to reproduce. You need to figure out why your tree isnt happy... Likely its a nutrition issue, could be water or sun also. Try dumping some good fertilizer on it that includes micro nutrients and Id guess youll see improvement. Depending on the size of your tree, it might just not be ready yet. Full sized apple trees can take many years to start producing. You can cut down on the wait by making them extra happy usually.