Archive for October 1992
EDIBLE TREE FRUITS PRODUCED IN ALASKA
APPLES/CRABAPPLES (88 varieties) Top Quality Apples (Overall Quality Rated as 9.0 to 10.0 on a Scale of 1-10, With 10 Being Best) Boyer Mystery Apple (A), Carroll (FV), Mantet (AV), Noran (A), Norda (AFV), Norland (AFV), Oriole (AV), Parkland (highest rating at 9.5/AV), State Fair (AV), Viking (A). High Quality Apples …
Read More1992 APPLE-TASTING RESULTS (Southcentral)
This was a strange year for growing apples ….. the beautiful early weather, the cool later weather, volcanic ash. Ripening dates in the Mat-Su Valley were two (2) weeks ahead of schedule, Anchorage was two (2) weeks behind. And although there were some excellent-tasting apples at this years apple tasting, the general consensus was that…
Read MorePREPARING TOUR FRUIT TREES FOR WINTER
By Bob Purvis Getting a 1- or 2-year-old fruit tree to survive an Alaskan winter is not all easy task even if the tree is a hardy Canadian apple variety on an Antonovka or Ranetka rootstock. With winter almost here, it may be worth outlining practices that improve the odds of tree survival. These…
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