The Blairmont Apple Project

 Been taking it easy after some leg surgery. Everything appears to have gone well with that. Apart from getting out and killing some aphids on various plants; I've been limited to inside. But I did make a new list on Apples that Root by cutting/ have Burr knots. Here is the latest and greatest compilation list with some surprising entries as of July 11th 2024. I would welcome your input as to trying some of these to confirm the mostly British reporting. Lots of Burr Knotts: Benoni Ben’s Red Burr Knott Charlotte Daunt Cornish Aromatic Heusgen’s Golden Reinette Lord Burghley Rivers Nonsuch The Nelson Tom Putt Winter Banana At least some Burr Knots: Appletown Wonder Arthur W. Barnes Baldwin Ballyvaughan Seedling Beachemwell {Patton & Tathum} Belle De Pointise Beverly Blenium Orange Blue Pearmain Brabany Bellfleur Byford Wonder Cissy Colonel Vaughn Cottenham Seedling Cox Orange Pippin Cox Pomona Devonshire Quarreden Disharoon Duke of Devonshire Edith Hopwood Egremont Russet Emneth ...

 Going out to check this years grafts; and I was shocked our blog namesake apple has come back from the dead. A Blairmont on M111 set two buds into leafing out so very late in the year! This is why I leave perhaps dead looking grafts with a touch of green out and cared for. Hopefully it will fight on. Perhaps giving me further wood to graft this fall.