Archive for November 1995
ORCHARD REPORT
ORCHARD REPORT -by Michael J. O’Brien Nikiski This report covers the production of fruit for this past season in my Nikiski orchard. I have six Meteor cherry trees which produced one cherry each. These trees are seven years old. Concerning apples, I had one-quarter to one-fifth the fruit as last year, approximately…
Read MoreTREE TAG WIRES THAT WON’T GIRDLE
by Dwight Bradley Peters Creek While I was in Maine in October, I stopped in on George Stilphen to check on his collection of Maine apple varieties. George has a clever way of wiring tags to trees that seems to solve the girdling problem (see sketch). As the tree grows and the trunk…
Read MoreFRUIT TREE THOUGHTS
by Bob Boyer Anchorage The following are blossoming dates (B) and fruit pick dates (P) for trees in ground or buckets. Nanking cherry. B May 5, P Sept. 26. 1 gallon. Cavalier cherry. B May 22. No fruit. Chokecherry. B May 22, didn’t pick; put Cygon 2 on tree. White Nanking cherry,…
Read MoreAPPLE EXHIBITS AT THE ALASKA STATE FAIR 1995
At the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, First Premium for apples went to Casey Jones of Palmer for a small, non-russetted yellow apple labelled “Golden Delicious”. This was probably misnamed, since Golden Delicious would probably not even survive in south-central Alaska, let alone ripen prise-winning fruit. Second prize went to Phyllis Kircher for…
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