The Blairmont Apple Project

  Greetings! Been a while. Been tied up with family concerns and then; Helene! A scary event for sure. 86mph winds to this side of Georgia. Just a county up AND over; they got it way worse then we did.  While we certainly had some damage; folks west and north of here got it much worse. And the poor soles in NC.  Hard to believe; not a single Apple tree pot/bag/tree took any damage. Well from the storm. Had a serious bug problem. And I think I over sprayed.  Thought Old Fashioned Limbertwig died. But it too came back. I had wondering if my P.2 trees were going to dormancy. I had read they do that. But today they too are putting out new shoots. Lastly I have a goodly pile of rootstocks to plant for stooling. But I will let them get the latest growth spurt though.

 Doing a bit of tree trimming. Clipping sprouting root stock to maximize scion growth before dormancy arrives. Also scouted out good areas to bed down root stocks for bedding and clipping for stooling.

 I am going to try a few avenues of breeding southern climate root stocks. In the stable there is: Polish: P.1 P.2 P.14 P.22 From Malling: M111 MM109 From Geneva: G.214 G.935 Oddballs: Malus Brevipes Malus Micromalus {strain with tasty snack size fruit} Jadernicka { Versatile Cider notable also used as rootstock

 Just walking around. Here are my to risen from the dead pile trees: Old Fashioned Limbertwig: This is my M111 graft line. G.214 is to the left and P.2 grafts on the left. Below is Hudson's Golden Gem:

 Yes! Google translate did it once again! Piervomaiskoie does not mean "Pervotastemachine" as it replied. I am reliably told the name literally means "First of May". A reference to the fact it stores unerringly until the next Mayday celebration holiday! The egg is on my face. In the meantime; Old Fashioned Limbertwig has leafed out and is growing well after being rescued from the "Dead Graft" pile. I intend to check on Hudson's Golden Gem tomorrow. The other variety that made an amazing Lazarus return.

 Sort of a few Surprising Apples not thought "Low Chill": Mason Jim Day Arkansas Black Ben Davis Horse Maidens Blush Jennings of Florida Red Astrakhan Red June Rome Beauty Shockley Transcendent Crab