Observation on P.2 and finalized 2025 list

 Been a busy day. Watered the herd and plants. Re-arranged the green house and culled some dead plants. Mixed up a half load of soil. Finished of all grafts into soil now. Inspected the plants in feed bag root wraps. Though 4 of 6 took on grafts; they were very goopy and lost a lot of soil as well. To me it seems to be begging for root rot. So those 6 too were placed in pots.


I was also curious about my fast take scions. Most of them were on P.2. Some were G.214. just one on straight M111. None on interstems. Either M111/P.2 or M111/G.214. 

The girls got excited because 4 grafts were putting out bright flower buds. Have not had the heart to tell them I will pinch them off eventually. After I get good pictures of the flower to go in each variety's info file. Few of these old apples have many pictures available.


Lastly I put the cull on my first 2025 scions list. It is still large. But a sizable cut was made to order some other year. The focus is finishing up my Georgia Origin apple list. And getting interesting high quality apples that are not from around here. But might do well. Plus a small gaggle of low chills, rootable by cutting and everbearing types home growers would appreciate.

And also my breeding candidates for a South tailored rootstock. Starting with a Semi-dwarf. A mid-height tree. And an extreme dwarf.

The new list with sources:


Alabaster toc

Alaska+ mv

Alaska Pink hh

Allen’s Everlasting toc

Alexander’s Ice Cream*+ nch

American Summer Pearmain*+ horse

Annie Elizabeth hh

Appletown wonder # hh

Barritskovs Madaeble hh

Bart*** -2 nch

Beacheamwell toc

Beckham’s Seedling Ripe Aug-Sept nch

Bedfordshire Foundling hh

Bella Di Pontise hh

Bismarck*+ horse

Black Limbertwig***+ 39th

Black Oxford fed

Blanc Dur {orne} toc

Bohmischer Rosenaphel hh

Broadholme Beauty hh

Brogden* Horse +

Brushy Mountain Limbertwig*+ 39th

Bryson’s Seedling*+

Buckingham{equinetelee}*+ sco

Bud 57-146 grin

Buncombe* ss ripe: July/August keeps 3 months LC nch

Calvin*+ horse

Candy Stripe*** -2 mv

Capt. Davis*+# sco

Carolina Greening horse

Catawba***+ -2 horse

Chemsford Wonder hh

Chestnut Crab-2 39th

Clark* -2 nch

Clark’s Crab-2 39th

Coffee Seedling*** -2 nch

Cornish Aromatic#+ ap pg2 ss mv

Coul Blush* -2 pp pg2 ss keeps 6weeks toc

Crimson Gold+ mv

Dan McDaniel*+ sco

Devonshire Crimson Queen* toc

Dixie Red Delight*+ sco

Doctor Matthews*+ sco

Dodge Crimson*+ nch

Drap De’Or fed

Ecolette hh

Eggleston Styre+ hh

Egri Piros grin

Etter Gold+ toc

Fall Limbertwig* horse

First and Last hh

Forward Sour* -2 toc

Frazier’s Prolific*     hh

Frequin Tardive hh

Galacia+ toc

Golden Harvest*+

Golden Sweet* horse

Gragg{Poorhouse}*+ horse

Great Unknown* nch

Hardy Cumberland***-2   mv

Harvest Gold* mv

Hog Pen*+ nch

Holland{Summer Champion}*+ sco

Hollow Log*+

Horneburger Pancake toc

Horse*+ sco

Howgate Wonder hh

Hunt’s Duke of Glouchester hh

Indian Summer Crab+ mv

Jefferis*+ 39th

Jim Day*+ nch

Jim Kell Thin Skin*** -2+ nch

July Delicious nch

J-TE-H grin

Keegan’s Crab grin

Kimrome*** -2+ nch

King David+ 39th

King’s Ransom fed

Kinnard’s Choice*+ sco

Kittageskee* sco

Lanes Prince Albert gp pg4 ss hh

Langleigh Delight* toc

Little Benny*+ nch

Little Jewel mv

Little Limbertwig*+ horse{might substitute Aunt Rachel}

London Pippin hh

Lord Burghleigh# toc

Margil+ mv

Marquesa+

Maharaji grin

May Queen toc

Milden fed

Myer’s Royal Limbertwig*+ horse

No Bloom{Farthing’s}*+ nch

P.14 grin

Parquet hh

Peasgood Nonsuch AP pg3 psf mv

Pierce Pasture mv

Plum-Leaf Crab# grin

Pomme D’Fer toc

Pomme D’Or fed

Poorman’s Profit# toc

PRI-1918-1 grin

Pumpkin Sweet mv

Ralls Janet* horse

Red Detroit***{identity conflict} nch

Red Indian Sweet*+ nch

Red Royal Limbertwig* horse +

Reinette Jamin grin

Reverend Morgan*+ horse

Reverend W. Wilks ap pg2 sf hh

Royal De’ Angeltree hh

Royal Limbertwig*** -2  horse

Royal Sweet fed

St.Cecilia mv

San Jacinto***+ horse

Schell*+ horse

Shackleford hh

Shell*+ nch

Sour June*+ lc ripe:july nch

Starr*    horse

Striped Beefing hh

Striped Sweeting***-2+ nch

Sturmer Pippin hh

Summer Limbertwig*+ horse

Summer Row***-2+ toc

Swiss Limbertwig* 39th

Talvenauding grin

Tenderskin* horse

Tucker*+ horse

Umphrey*+ sco

Vered*+ toc

Victoria Limbertwig* 39th

Vixen mv

Waltana+ mv

Washington Strawberry* mv

Wax Apple toc

Willow Twig*+ horse

Winter Banana*+# 39th

Wismer Desert mv

White Limbertwig* nch



If possible:



Cooper’s Market*** -2 +

Ewalt

P.1





* = Southern Heritage apple


*** = Georgia origin


-2 = buying double to share with UGA


# = Rootable by cutting


+ = Low chill




Sources:


Grin: USDA


HH: Hocking Hills


Nch: Horne Creek


SCO: Southern Cultured Orchards


TOC: Temperance Orchard Conservancy/ Alamty Farms


Horse : Horse Creek


MV: Maple Valley


Fed: Fedco


39th: 39th Parallel Nursery


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