tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post8410462174872045073..comments2024-03-28T09:22:44.210-04:00Comments on Gardening along the creek...: New project: an apple guild!dariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12905692094664443489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post-65490944852406065122011-06-07T07:19:02.482-04:002011-06-07T07:19:02.482-04:00Oh, I agree completely about an unknown apple, pol...Oh, I agree completely about an unknown apple, pollinators, etc. <br /><br />However, this is more about learning to build a good guild and seeing how it functions over time. The apple tree itself is unimportant and can always be replaced with a fruiting tree I'd rather have anyway.dariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905692094664443489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post-79416371659585428602011-06-07T02:25:47.661-04:002011-06-07T02:25:47.661-04:00Well.. apples have some crazy genetics. You may wa...Well.. apples have some crazy genetics. You may want to consider also getting a known variety to hedge your investment in time as well as provide a potentially needed pollinator. Many fruit trees are like this with their genetics. If space and time is limited, go for a known strain (which will be a grafted tree as cloning is the only way to propagate them to get the same qualities.)<br /><br />We have some experiments going at the farm courtesy of the deer. Absolutely no idea what they will offer.. but they survived the weather and the bugs.. now we might see how the fruit is this fall on a couple of them. We planted 6 known varieties as well. No idea what the old orchard apples are as they were planted over 100 years ago. Chances are 1 out of several thousand that it is a palatable apple from the experiment trees.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.com