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…

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TREE 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…

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FRUIT 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,…

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APPLE 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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