Archive for January 2001
Featured Fruit: Apple
Apples are members of the rose family, or Rosaceae, and the genus Malus. The common wild apple of Europe and Asia is M. pumila. Other wild species are M. sylvestris (a wild crab), and M. baccata. The Western Crabapple, M. fusca, grows wild on the Kenai Peninsula (rare) and along the coast of Southeastern Alaska…
Read MoreMeet a Member: Seymour Mills
I first got serious about raising fruit trees in the spring of 1998 when I made an order from Bear Creek Nursery. I’m very disappointed to see them go out of business. I have also ordered form St. Lawrence, Fedco, and Oikes. I am experimenting with some oaks, silver maple, mulberries, walnuts, and hazelnuts. …
Read MoreGrowing Pineapple Indoors
by TAMI SCHLIES Has all this darkness got you down? Do you long for tropical sun, a little heat, maybe the smell of jasmine and piña coladas? Well, short of hopping a plane to the tropics, those of us with an inclination for fruit growing can try growing pineapples. First, go to the…
Read MoreUpdated Apple-Tree Growth Curves For Peters Creek, Alaska 2001
Updated Apple-Tree Growth Curves For Peters Creek, Alaska By D. BRADLEY In January 1998 I measured the heights of the 77 apple trees then growing in our orchard and plotted tree height against age to get a growth curve. In November 2000 I made new measurements of the 100 trees now growing. The results are…
Read MoreBook Reviews January 2001
Reviews continued: by DAN ELLIOT Happy New Year From the New President! At the December meeting I passed around three books related to training and pruning I borrowed from the NAFEX library. Debbie Hinchey suggested I write short reviews on them for the members not present. The video mentioned last here was shown at…
Read MoreThe Ten Most Common Winemaking Mistakes (and how to avoid them)
Reprinted with permission from RJ Spagnol’s Wine & Beer Making Supplies website At Spagnol’s, we love what we do. We’re hoping you’ll see why we love it. Home winemaking is easy, and we’re trying to make it even easier. We’ve compiled a list of the 10 most common winemaking mistakes—mistakes we’ve all made in our…
Read MoreAnnual Tasting of Alaska-Grown Apples – 2000
By D. BRADLEY 2000 Results The annual Alaska-grown apple tasting was held in early October at Bradley’s in Peters Creek. About 30 people were there (including a reporter from the Chugiak-Eagle River Star) and 19 people rated the apples. We rated 35 different varieties, and 15 repeats. The highest-rated apples this year…
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