Another walk through the orchards testing new apple varieties grown from seed. There are quite a few promising new apple seedlings this year. It is actually pretty shocking how high the percentage of good apples I’ve gotten is. Some crosses, like Wickson x Rubaiyat and Williams’ Pride x Vixen, seem to be throwing especially high numbers of good apples. Others, like Grenadine x Wickson, seem to throw mostly poor quality fruits. That is some of the most valuable information I’m getting from this project. Someday, we’ll have lists of crosses that are especially prone to success, which could be very valuable.
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I bought seed from you i think 3 years ago. I murdered all but 1 of the seedlings. That seedling is the only tree that survivied fire blight on my farm. I lost all of my other apples and pears. I would like to buy more seeds from trees. You are always sold out. What time of the year do you post seeds? and do you know any cure for fire blight?
I really want an apple now.
"It's like eating a muskrat" 🤣
Love seeing the results of apple trees from seed. Got some seeds off my summer banana and liberty apples and they should be stratified by now in fridge. They seem to do best in my area of NC. They are right next to each other with sweet sixteen not far away. Hopefully get some good apple trees. Seedling I grew from honeycrisp seed just got absolutely mauled and savaged by the climate I'm in. Leaves are sickly looking and most apples rotted on the tree and scorched by sun. Going to cut the whole tree out, possibly graft onto stump, but probably not.
Do you have deer problems? I'm in urban area with woods and creek nearby and the deer are terrorizing my apples, white mulberry, and beans and sweet potatoes. I am probably gonna save up for a 8 or 9ft deer fence. Deer are downright disrespectful. They have earned the name wingless locust from me.
Thanks!
Was that second tree with all the dropped apples variegated leaves? Or was that just the light and/or me but seeing very well from across the room?
I mean, just call it a tasting video!!
They also say money do grow on trees. lol BULLSHIT
You have inspired us, sir, to grow fruit trees from seeds. Thank you .
We go around the area, collecting old farmstead apples and starting them. No results yet, but we want to preserve those genetics that have done well in this area.
Last year, I collected a couple quarts of two different kinds of crab apples, from huge trees (at least 30 foot) that were growing at the back of a local empty lot. Have half to a farmer friend. Glad I collected last year, because I went back this year, and the trees were GONE. They put in an Aldi's…
I put the whole crab apples into an air prune bed last fall, we got about two dozen seedlings which are about to be heeled in for the winter.
I really like the taste test .. vanilla and banana .. sweet and tart , you’re speaking my language . Cheers , awesome orchard
You might cross the pink-fleshed one with the banana-flavored one, you might get a super novel apple.
Edit: oh my gosh the red-fleshed one! You’re growing amazing things here!
Do you sell scion wood? If so do you have a website you work through?
Listening to you talk about apples, randomly searching your links and blogs for a place to buy scions, SO looks over and informs me your probably not ready for that…. He didn't have to ask why I was clicking through all your links, I'm just that predictable … Soooo, where might one watch for scions when you are ready?????
Is your orchard fenced? How do you keep bears and deer away?
How long does apple trees from seeds take to fruit?
do you sell these?
Do you sell scionwood from your crosses? Poked around your website but didn’t see anything. Interested in red flesh apples like ‘Flaxen’.
would love to propagate a soft tasty apple tree. Won't mind lacking that crispness but would appreciate "some" crisp if possible.
Don't all apples grow from a seed though?
Super cool!
the waxy ones that fall early: the tree is producing apples to keep through the winter to spread its seed. it could just be masting but it could be a sign there's something wrong, don't just leave it down to genetics. if no problems are obvious try pruning regularly to stop masting.
So you like playing genetic roulette and making cider.
I heard that if you plant fruit trees close together they can cross pollinate ?
Nobody said you cannot grow them from seeds. Is the cross-pollination that makes it a hybrid, that's the only issue. They have this specific plants that have specific traits, right? If it cross-pollinates it is a hybrid.
It is not that you can not make a good apple from seed, it is that you are taking a risk as the quality of the apples will be unknown until after considerable investment. There is a slim chance you will grow the best apple on the planet.
This is the first season of new seedlings I started this spring. Granny smith. I have 10 trees from one apple. I enjoyed seeing who did best growing in biochar and grass clippings. A few are 3ft tall.
Pheno types are so cool some lean a little more to one side of the family vice-versa
Saya tidak mengerti bahasa inggris,
Walaupun saya orang indonesia saya suka menonton pemulian apel anda,
Berapa tahun apel dari biji yang ditanam bisa menghasilkan buah?
Apple trees, never fail to amaze me! They're midgets, 😂yet they're so productive, as small in height as they are, yet so convenient for people to have, making harvest time easier to reach the tree's apples. Coupla weeks ago, in this central Mexican city that I live in, I saw a street vendor with two Apple seedlings, about 2 feet tall,a mere twig growing upright, and yet each one had a big, shiny red apple hanging from the twig. Thanks for sharing, 👍and greetings👋from Querétaro. 🍎🍏
I’m pretty jealous hahaha I’m in the process of turning my property into a food forest, I’ve started to sprout fruit trees from seed to save money and see if I can find anything special. Much love
I’m always planting seeds from things. I few guilty when I don’t. It’s like I’m not giving them a chance to live. And I figure if I don’t like them. They can always be used as a root stock.
Awesome! I’ve often wondered why they say this about apples… I think it should be more like “commercial/industrial scales farmers don’t grow apple from seed” it’s no fault of apples it’s simply a commercial decision.
I grew some ‘pink lady’ from seeds for bonsai purposes (starting) 3 years ago. Unfortunately my region isn’t the best for apples, we get a little warm in summer than they like (so I protect them with shade cloth) and we barely get a frost in winter. I actually remove the leaves by hand to induce dormancy. My trees are in pots (regular garden not bonsai yet) and winter just gone (Southern Hemisphere) I moved them from soil to a pumice, pine bark and coco coir mix… they’ve responded amazingly, superb spring growth.
The pink interior color is really pretty
If I grafted onto a watercore tree, will the graft become the same?
You got lucky! They say it's about 1 in 300,000 that will give a new sweet variety.
I think it's great. We need more varieties. My daughter and I were just talking about trying it for s&g and see what we get. Then i see this video lol. So now I have to.
yeah thats all BS to me that you cant grow from seed. i mean thats how the plant naturally reproduces
Had my first GOLDEN RUSSET yesterday, extraordinary apple! Very pleased not just with flavor, but with how peel and flesh go together. Grafted tree in second year, so maybe five apples, all very small. Hope it matures to full-sized fruit. Seems to not mind inland San Diego climate, mild winter and blazing summer.
Definitely keeping my eyes peeled for SKILLCULT scion-wood to graft this year!
Adding Dutch Master to my list.
they said it wouldnt be true to type….
It not that you can't but you might get something gross