Archive for November 1999
GRAFTING FRUIT TREES SUCCESSFULLY
—by Lamond Hardy 312 N.E. 80th Ave. Okeechobee, FL 34974 (The following article was found by Bob Boyer. It was used with permission from Countryside and Small Stock Journal, v. 79, no. 2. March/April 1995. The methods that Lamond Hardy describes were developed by him beginning in 1931. Regardless of whether one accepts…
Read MoreADAMS COUNTY NURSERY, PENNSYLVANIA
— B. Boyer On my Pennsylvania trip, I visited Tom Callahan at Adams County Nursery. We toured their sweet cherry blocks. They have Hudson, Black Gold, NY 13-791, Hedelfigen, Ulster, Summit, Schmidt, Stella and Emperor Francis. He rates Hedelfigen #1, Summit #2, and Ulster #3. Tom was surprised to find out that my…
Read MoreANNUAL TASTING OF ALASKA- GROWN APPLES
— D. Bradley 1999 Results The annual Alaskan-grown apple tasting was held at Bradley’s in Peters Creek on Sept. 25, 1999. About 30 people were there, and 19 rated the apples. We tasted 31 varieties of apples, a dozen repeats of these same varieties, two varieties of pear, and one each apricot…
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