- about his 'Bountiful' not pollinating my 4 little 'Sunsets'. Doesn't flower at the same time.
But, on closer inspection, we haven't done so badly this year! And we've already had a goodly number of windfalls.
That's Bountiful in the middle.
They look scrumptious! Are the apples on M9 rootstocks? I plan to buy fruit for a big space on my lotty and arrange them along the fence line like you have. I just wondered about the size of the trees though as I don't want anything sprawling like I have at home. I had a dwarf M27 but that's too small I think for the cut and thrust of the lotty :)
And finally do you get all the fruit from Ken Muir?
They look good enough to eat... How old are your trees?
wardy - don't know - I think they were minarettes.
Crash - about 7 years, I think.
We're going to get MM106 rootstock, as we are going to put fruit trees in a new (hopefully) plot with chickens. I think they grow to 12 feet and fruit in three years. Tall enough for us to pick the apples and the chickens not to! They'll get the windfall apples, a tasty snack for a chicken. :)
Nice apples by the way Tim ;D
Our hens climb into the trees to get the apples.
Good God - whatever next? Pigs fly too!!
Hope not, they would create an awful mess. But when we had a visit from a fox, the Friesans disappeared. We found them sat at the top of the Perry pear tree, 60 feet up!
Friesan cows??!
Friesian hens dear boy! Though the thought of friesian cows up the pear tree is quite intirguing!
You've spoilt my dream!