Comments on: Annual Fruit Tasting; Heirloom Apple Roundup

By: Sweet Associations for Backyard Gardeners | Central PA Gardening

Sweet Associations for Backyard Gardeners | Central PA Gardening — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:48:34 +0000

[...] Meeting, Spring Grafting Workshop, Summer Orchard Tour and Picnic, Paw Paw Expeditions, and the Fall Fruit Tasting. Members also work together to maintain an extensive Woodbank and swap scionwood for an amazing [...]

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:42:37 +0000

I am trying desperately looking for crab apples for making jelly. The farmers I’ve used before have either cut down their trees or gone wholesale only. I’m in the PA/MD/VA areas. Know anywhere in those areas I can get some.

By: Sweet Apple Tree Grafting Success » Veggie Gardening Tips

Sweet Apple Tree Grafting Success » Veggie Gardening Tips — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:04:52 +0000

[...] Can some life-force flow upward from the ground, through the rootstock, into the attached scion and unite all the layers of bark, sap, and heartwood from one piece of branch to the other? Will this fragile connection then grow and endure to the point that one day the two will work together to actually bear delicious fruit? [...]

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:46:51 +0000

Thanks Michele, if you are anywhere near Lancaster PA you might want to stop by White Oak Nursery as they offer a number of heirloom apple trees for sale, but they are Amish farmers and do not sell through the Internet. Also the Backyard Fruit Growers Organization is a great resource for anyone interested in raising heirloom apples or other rare fruits and you may be close enough to participate in the group. I also included a few good sources for antique apples on a previous post related to Locating Heirloom Apple Trees

By: Michele H.

Michele H. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:29:03 +0000

Wow Ken: What a beautiful web site! Hope to spend more time seeing what you’ve shared here…
Am looking for a few nice heirloom apple trees. We are at the east edge of PA.
Thanks, michele

By: shannon

shannon — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:26:39 +0000

Great list of apples, some I have never heard of.

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