Some of the biggest mistakes in fruit growing are its greatest achievements

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The hardest part is recognizing them when they happen.

Sometimes they dont work out

A truly beautiful pear bloom you must see. Call it rosebud?

I’m going to call it rosebud but I need to get this sport stabilized if possible. If not you get a rare glimpse of an ultra rare pear bloom! What will the fruit be like? Ever saw one like this? It’s a first for me and I grow a lot of pears! When you get a sport you mark it to work on it later and this was an unusual one. [20220429_153606] [20220429_153538] [20220429_153550] [20220429_153534] [20220429_153515] [20220429_153512] [20220429_153510] [20220429_153507]

Sometimes they work out

Clark's Crabapple

Many of you remember this thread New Apple Seedling Varieties .The Clark’s crabapple as i mentioned fruits like clusters of grapes. Today at the @39thparallel orchard and Nursery you can see the clusters are heavy on these apples. They were top worked with these apples 2 or 3 years ago. Every year these seedlings are gaining popularity in Kansas. Here is Mike removing some damaged fruit and taking a minute to let me grab a few photos. Years ago Mike saw these at my property and has grown t…

Clark's Small Yellow Pear

Clark was so kind to offer his leftover scions. Here’s what was a Red Bartlett I picked up at Wal-mart and yesterday I removed the last nurse branches of the Bartlett. I now have a 5-6’ “Small Yellow Pear.” I also have a great supply of bench grafts Thanks Clark, you’re a good man. Dax P.s. Harrow Sweet is the only pollenizer Clark knows for it. [image] [image] [image] [image]

Other times we dont know the results yet

Seedling Apples for cider

It’s that time of year again to start harvesting some of my seedling apples for making cider. I did not bother to spray them this year and they don’t look terrible all things considered. We will slice off the best parts for the cider and plant all the cores peels etc under a few inches of soil. I wish everyone would plant some apples to do this with. This is the best part of life. I use a juicer to make the cider rather than a press for small amounts [image]