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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46168 Location: yes
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 22 5:30 am Post subject: |
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the surviving grafts have given fruit
one is a small russet eater, the dormouse genes iirc, crisp, deep flavour, a bit rhino skinned
the other is a big, fluffy type, good flavour, sweet, nice eater, probably ideal for fast cook as well
both are no names so far, the folk at "apple world" did not know from MK1 eyeball of tree and fruit
if i can keep them going, i might pay for dna testing to see if they are listed
both are nice and should be preserved if possible
tt brought me a tom putts from one of the trees i have nursed a little
smallish crops this year, in size and numbers, good quality though
they are commercially available and a good tree for kitchen orchards so i have not tried grafting those (and the nursed ones will probably outlast me)
commercial apples as found in most shops are a shameful exercise in marketing and logistics rather than splendid fruit |
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 24 7:44 am Post subject: |
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eater/ general purpose cooker, stores well,
splendid russet eater/cider
old fruit varieties, rare breeds ones
the other old ones i know of round here all have names, some are still well known, these are two of the trees with no known name
heritage genetics matters, york has a lot of legacy trees, some are perhaps the last example of the type
these two are the only known examples
it took a while to get them cloned, they are on 109 rootstocks which means when unleashed into the wild they will get big
for the next couple of years before that, they should be vigorous enough in the 50lt tubs to give some shape pruning offcuts to try and clone some more of them
i will book some suitable rootstocks for next winter and hopefully find the parafilm |
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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dpack
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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 24 7:50 am Post subject: |
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M R , i recon you have seen the mother of the russet one
small tree just to the left of the gate going from the dormouse pub patio to the orchard bit/main road
that one has only had a few very minor snips, she is too old for major surgery to go from ball to inside out umbrella and she still gives lots of fruit, although they are smaller than my one's pot grown fruit
im glad i got a strike, the apples are really nice
the other is perhaps older and came from a different hospital heritage site
i did a bit of history re the old orchards of york, there are a few ecclesiastical ones with random legacy fruit trees, the hospital remnants are a rich source of old genetics, some sites are accessible, some less so, some are one old tree in a new garden and nobody knows it's there
most have names, many are still grown, a few are rare, sometimes as rare as only example known |
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