It may be group 2, since it is behind my Zestar, which is group 1.
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One of my Clarks is blooming this year and bloom it did. The blooms are extremely dense from end to end of the branches. In fact you can’t even see the branches through the blooms. I see this thing is going to severely over set. Now I know why none of them are very tall. The branches get bent over from all the fruit. Clarks might be best on seedling root stock.
The tree blooming was a 15 foot tree that I grafted over at 6 foot. Glad I went so high, otherwise those bending branches would just be deer food.
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Many people have thanked me for developing this variety. I am quick to tell them to thank God for this fruit. Sure i planted it , i did my research , and God put his hand on my work. It sets very heavy indeed. I have developed plenty of different fruits, this apple is the best. Most orchards that grow it say this is the first apple to produce, the best tasting late apple, and the heaviest producer. @39thparallel has sold lots of these apples. More people are sending scions out to each other all the time. Don’t expect to have a lot of scion it produces to many apples. I’m very glad it is doing well for you. Please let us know how you like it as you go.
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I just grafted it this year. One on an established but young tree, one on a B10 rootstock, bought scions from 39th parallel. Did you selectively breed this apple or did you plant open pollinated seeds? Any idea of the parentage?
Thanks be to God, Christ’s creative hand is in everything we do.
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My grafts of Clark’s are looking good! Excited to try some apples soon.
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Excellent, I think you will like them a lot!
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My Clark’s on P.2 took fireblight on it’s leaves. Seems ok and has plenty of other buds to replace what was trimmed away.
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My clark’s crab here in VA got hit pretty bad by fireblight so it may not be a good no-spray candidate out here. I cut out the infected shoots but my tree is only 2 years old so we’ll see how it fares moving forward.
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My graft threw blossoms this, first, year and the weather over the past few days has been fb conducive so i guess we will see…
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I never saw an apple that won’t get fireblight. I would try a copper spray to eliminate that
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my little 5.5 ft tree is loaded with fruit buds again this year. im going to have to thin them to only a handful of apples to get the tree to put on growth. its on year 3 and has barely put on any top growth but has developed a thick, sturdy trunk. gave it a ring of manure last week.
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In useless hindsight I wish I had P.18 to have grafted Clark’s Crab on last time. As soon as I get some scion wood off the trees; I will graft some on it.
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Agreed. Clarks fruits fast, so that is not a problem, but it really needs some aggressive rootstocks. Mine is on m111 and I think that’s about the minimum I would recommend putting it on. Standard would probably be perfect.
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I was just looking at it this evening. I could remove the P.2 and make 2 thin grafts on P.18 and still have my Bud-10 Clark’s crab still.
Then take the P.2 and graft a very vigorous Vystachonoye on it.
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Not real familiar with the p series rootstocks, but I believe P18 is supposed to be a fairly good rootstock while P2 was something subpar subject to disease.
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I grafted some sticks from my Clark’s crab trees to some seedlings I grew from pink lady and yellow delicious apples. All of my grafts took this year, which kind of surprised me, given that I’m very much an amateur at grafting. Fruit set on these trees this year is not as good as last year. Had a wet spring here, with early warmth, but several cold snaps.
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You’re a cool guy. That tree is obnoxiously loaded with good looking fruit 
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P.2 is very misunderstood. It has better disease resistance then many malling rootstocks or their improved clones.
Despite being a bit smaller then M9 it has better yield efficiency, and fruit size. Trials showed it ran a 90% survival rate for fireblight. But it is not “resistant”.
But without vigorous or very vigorous scions you get a shrub in our experience,
I’d rate it between Malling and Geneva. They have strong root systems and avoid most rots and fungal issues. Mildews. But not WAA. It is a good choice for heavy growing scion types and heavy spur bearers.
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my graft got broken by the dog leaping for squirrel.
I’m going to need to get more scion and start over next year i guess
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Anji, my graftling was transplanted mid-March and is establishing roots. The 3 day freezes may have zapped all its flowers, but it otherwise looks good. I can get you a scion next February & wrote a note on my calendar to remind me.
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