Posted by El Toro on October 26, 2009 at 04:40:14 from (74.103.74.58):
In Reply to: Re: OT; Apple Picking posted by ChrisinMO on October 25, 2009 at 17:44:22:
Here's a web site for pruning. You probably should call your local extension agent in your area too since the pruning may be a little different. My late father-in-law knew how to prune fruit trees and grape vines and when to do it since they had a large orchard. He was always talking about the York Imperial apples. They were a crooked apple, but very hard and good keepers. They always made apple butter in a copper kettle. I think my wife's sister ended up with that kettle. My late mother-in-law had the recipe memorized for making apple butter as to how much sugar and gallons of cider were needed. She knew how many apples were needed too. Some of your blossoms make have froze this past Spring causing a poor crop of apples. It happens here in the mid-atlantic if we get warm days too early and trees start to bloom and then we get a cold snap. Not much anyone can do to control the weather. In 1990 we had a warm spring in Feb and I plowed garden and planted potatoes in March then it turned cold & wet. Had to replant the potatoes. Hal
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