Hopefully the last one will take and you can get some fruit from it. Keep us informed. Good luck!
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My finger points to 54 inches, or 4’ 6", which is how much Orange Colorado has grown on an older Gen30 root stock after cleft grafting in early June. Will re-plant it next March, I hope.
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It looks great. Nice job!!
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We’ve already had lows to 20°F & the leaves on Orange Colorado show no effects. Both whips from the cleft graft are still fully leafed & very green, unlike Claygate or Gold Rush, which leaves show quite dark, or several others that have dropped all or most leaves. Remarkable. I did not fertilize that part of the yard this year.
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I like the sounds of it’s comfort with the cold. Living in the namesake and seeking out a new apple, I was chatting with someone today who has received some scionwood.
Do you or anyone here have a sense of reports on the flavor, aside from what was in the above article and the MORP site?
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On the MORP website there is a contact to ask the Schuenemeyers such a question. They are really good about replying.
I won’t know for at least two years from next November, if it’s very precocious; more likely in '27.
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Yesterday the ground was soft & weather clear, so I dug out a dead cherry stump & what roots broke up & replanted Orange Colorado. Awoke to find this. The CO whip leans a bit left into the base of Maiden Blush in the back center near the barn.
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MORP is now selling scionwood, including for the Colorado Orange; however, they’re now out of it.
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Thank you for the link and info. I will make sure to try a few sticks of it when it available again. I am all for keeping heirloom varieties available to enjoy and helping this organization continue their work. I am glad they finally found a CO Orange apple tree still in existence.
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I may have access to a little Colorado Orange scion wood next year. I am in Northern Colorado. Also curious about taste of this apple. My source tree hasn’t born fruit yet- had 2 small apples this spring but a deer ate them.
My whip established roots after transplanting this spring & is beginning to branch. Even on Gen30 it seems pretty vigorous. Leaves are spotless.