Here’s a few PM beleaguered seedlings. I buckled in an effort not to waste all the time that’s gone into these seedlings as the location is just a hotbed of PM it turns out. So since this photo they’ve had a dose of Bupirimate systemic fungicide. Hopefully that takes the spore count down. We have had a lot of 70-90% rh days including that famous euro heatwave a fortnight back.
Healthiest so far by group are the Muscat de Venus x Cherub. They germinated earliest also so perhaps it’s just that they had a headstart. I have potted a few of those up to 14L as seen with two on the right.
Other healthyish groups:
Clarion x musketeer, Hella kitty x pink parfait, pink parfait x cherub, trailman X Hella kitty and Sam young x Muscat de Venus.
The goldrush x hard candy cider and sugarwood x hard candy cider seem to be having a hard time as a cohort with the PM.
Edit: And 5 more below in the corner of a tiny polytunnel.
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I’m back home after about a month out for a clinical training and am impressed that most of my seedlings, both in my best bed and the one I threw together right before leaving, are still alive. Today I’m planting out the last seedlings (the ones that were too small or I ran out of time to plant before leaving). With my own crosses, Skillcult’s amazing offerings this year, EFN seeds from Dr. Amy Miller, and some OP seeds from a great local orchard, I have just shy of 200 apple babes, which is more work than I thought it would be. 
I continue to find the genetic variation in apple seedlings fascinating. I have tall and short seedlings, those with pointy leaves and rounded leaves, some bright green and some deep purple. I can only hope to also have a variety of fun flavors when these seedlings eventually fruit.
Of note, anything crossed with Jellybean Cider has super short leaf spacing, despite medium to large leaves (Wickson x JBC on left with a BRFAE OP on right for reference). Have any others noticed this, or am I the only one obsessed with the idea of having tiny high flavored apple trees, haha?
Anyway, @SkillCult, I blame you (and some others on this forum for encouraging me) for this new hobby. 
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I”m sorry and you’re welcome 
Maypole is the parent that gives the dwarf growth trait. In my small trials, maypole seedlings came out 50% dwarf. I would tend to expect the same from JBC seedlings, but that is just my suspicion.
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I just counted and found that jellybean crosses are about 75% dwarf in my beds… although perhaps the dwarf ones were more likely to survive my moderate neglect thus far this season.
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If anyone is looking for any additional seeds this season, Skillcult is clearing his out:
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Anyone have any seedlings from this year’s seeds that seem especially promising?
Despite being in my “reject bed,” (due to sprouting late and not fitting in my original, better protected and maintained bed), this chestnut crab x vanilla pink is showing good vigor and excellent disease resistance. So far it has survived a month of neglect (while I was away for training), several dry weeks in the 90s with minimal watering, and some pesky mice that think apple trees taste better than anything I have put in a trap so far (from peanut butter to ripe plums).
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Chestnut makes for some good crosses. I’m betting heavily on them. My seedlings from this year are looking pretty pitiful since they are still waiting in pots but from the previous year Chestnut offspring are in the best shape. This year trailman x hella is fairing pretty well.
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Those two chestnut seedlings look great!
I have one chestnut crab x amberwine seedling from last year. It is vigorous and its leaves look healthy (mine, however, was eaten down by rabbits last winter, so it’s less of a whip shape and more of a disorganized shrub. )
