That is a great report Bill. I strongly suspect the same type of reports will be coming in from all over the country soon. I strongly suspect that people outside the USA will soon make an effort to get their hands on the Clark’s crabapple. I’m hopeful @Richard can grow them in California. That will be a true test of how the apple does without a real winter. My goal is to give the world a gift. @39thparallel keeps adding more of these trees all the time. The local orchards very quickly realized the apple i grew like anything i grow is adapted to the hostile environment where i live. That is why many people like @krismoriah grow my families blackberries. I wont mislead you i adapted even those berries to my environment. The problem is with growing anything i touch is i have a unique gift to read plants and the environment well. I see certain characteristics early on and breed towards a goal. @krismoriah knows those health berries were strong when my grandpa gifted them to me. I spent years making them stronger and adapted them to my climate. The result is a blackberry not easily controlled. Think of a berry plant covered in sweet berries that is thorny,adapts to clay soil, and can reach twenty feet tall. They will grow in an area extracting all the nutrients from the clay they can. They remain evergreen all winter and keep growing. They drop their leaves close to spring. They bloom very late resulting in a crop every year. That is a hard berry to beat. The wildlife where they grow increases by hundreds of percent. These apples need years more of breeding done with them but they have the genetics to be just like those blackberries. It takes longer to get there with apples. It is one thing to say something but it is another to show it Blackberries by the gallons . @krismoriah likely has starts by now if anyone is looking for some he would be your guy to contact about berries. He is really putting in some work to grow berries right now. @39thparallel and i both always have some projects going so expect to see more stuff coming from me down the road. Mike has plans of his own on many unique fruits but i wont give all that away yet. I will do that stuff as long as i’m able to. This is where all my time and resources are going right now The next big project 2023 - 2024 .Many people know me for my apple or pear work but the truth is there is nothing including citrus i have not grown. Yes i kept trifoliate oranges alive outdoors for 3 years. Yes i tried to grow pomegranite and figs outside. I used to be involved with more traditional crops , bees, attle, pigs, chickens etc. Yes i garden and i have proof i used to do more of it Clarkinks older fruit and vegetable growing Projects in Kansas . All that said i’m thankful to God everyday for the things he gives me. Please remember that rather than to be thankful to @39thparallel for growing these apple trees and cutting scions or to me for growing them initially and developing the variety or one of your friends on here for cutting scions off their trees to send you. God is always the one to thank for the food in our bellies , air in our lungs, comfortable place we have to lay our head to rest. We are all blessed with abundant friends like i consider all of you. We all try to take good care of each other in this very limited time we have in this world. Until its our last days i wish the best for all of you. May the Clarks crabapples flow like a river into your house. They are a true blessing to all of us.
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