Some of my Pristine Apples have had a pretty light color. These have been great tasting apples.
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Pristine Apples First Fruiting Year
The Pristine Apples are getting close to ripening. These apples should start to ripen this month and be my earliest eating apple of the year.
Calville Blanc d’Hiver
Calville Blanc d’Hiver apple tree still had the leaves on it when the freezing rain hit the other day. The tree is bending to the ground, but now I shook some of the ice off, so it is straightening back out.
Yellow Delicious Heavy Load
The Yellow Delicious tree is loaded with as many apples as it can handle. The branches keep bending lower under the weight of the growing apple crop.
Redhaven Peach
Redhaven Peach is a lot bigger than the Whitney Crabapples. This year will be a better Peach producing year than last year.
80+ MPH Winds
Strong winds and hail hit during a thunderstorm on August 31, probably the most damaged trees on this Oasis in one event. Most of the Apples fell from the trees prematurely. To preserve the harvest, I have had to start dehydrating the fallen apples. Basswoods quickly were demolished. The large Black Cherry above was uprooted […]
Zestar! Apple Fruit
The Zestar Apple fruit is starting to change color and soon will be ripe. So far this is the earliest ripening apple I am growing.
Firecracker Crabapple Fruit
Some apples are forming on the Firecracker Apple tree. These crabapples are said to be red fleshed, soon I shall personally find out.
Heavy Gala Apple Fruit Production
This was a great year for Gala Apples. . Plenty of apples to eat from this tree.