The Blairmont Apple Project

 So I wondered who would take the title as about 4 varieties have big swollen buds. However today Centurion crab decided to grace us with it's bright red flowers. Just beating the scion of Pionier of Romania that is grafted to it. And Anna and Dorsett Golden. Also made an impulse buy of a Pineapple Guava tree I found for $20. Have no idea which variety it is. Will as the dealer the next sale he shows up at.  And probably will buy another. Good looking bushes they say do well here.

 New plants and scions arrive! Temperate Orchard Conservancy had 4 of the 6 apples I ordered. The scion wood was very good quality. But some was small; and they added an extra piece to make up for it. Here I got Mank's Codlin, Lanleigh Delight, Lord Burghley and Shockley-Grizzle strain. In a compulsion buy I spied a great looking Dorsett Golden in breaking leaf. Being pleased with my other Dorsett's I could not resist the $21 price. Later the wife spotted some nice bare root Florida King Peach tree budded like crazy. Bought a pair. A few days later we were in a big box hardware place. Getting the vapors from the crazy prices. $80 for fruit trees? No thanks. yet they had Strawberry pints at $2 Bought 6. Only to find we need another 6 for the strawberry pot we have. Then we noticed Pear trees. All with the high price. Then I found a well leafed out Bartlett Pear. Likely shipped there by accident as we rarely get the 800 chill hours Bartlett needs. It was $30 so we bought it. The ...