What did you do in your orchard today?

[CrealCritter]

I got 2 originally. One winter killed the first winter. The other grew poorly until it froze back the same winter I had -27°F in early November followed by a major January thaw followed by -20°F temps followed by a major February thaw again followed by -20°F temps. It was the same year that killed mature Russian Elm trees.

When it came back from the roots, it grew much better than it had before. It is now about 20' tall but hasn't produced that well here. Too many late frosts. It will do better in an area that is not as inhospitable to fruit trees as here.

The Garfield Plantation cherries sold by Fedco are on their own roots and can grow into full sized trees. .The cherry is different than most tart cherries and is not fully red when ripe. They do have shades of yellow on the cherries and are tasty.

In hindsight I probably should have went with Garfield Plantation, then I could propagate and sell them without the permission from the trademark holder.

Surecrop is protected via trademark "Stark® Surecrop™ Pie Cherry Tree from Stark Bro’s"

While I can propagate trademarked fruit trees, I must respect the trademark holder’s rights and not use the trademarked name or label the resulting plants.

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[CrealCritter]

FB is busy, I dont ask questions... But i'm not sure about canned peach halves, maybe some, IDK...

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[FarmerJamie]

FB is busy, I dont ask questions... But i'm not sure about canned peach halves, maybe some, IDK...
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Find a recipe for a peach BBQ glaze for ham or a peach sauce for over ice cream. I know you don't do the alcohol thing, but the peach bourbon glaze I canned we like very much.

 

[CrealCritter]

Peach-Raspberry pie filling.

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[CrealCritter]

Find a recipe for a peach BBQ glaze for ham or a peach sauce for over ice cream. I know you don't do the alcohol thing, but the peach bourbon glaze I canned we like very much.

She said something about peach rum jam. I try and not guide or question, just enjoy the eats.

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[R2elk]

FB is busy, I dont ask questions... But i'm not sure about canned peach halves, maybe some, IDK...

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My mother always canned peach halves. Took less time and effort than slicing them. You can always slice them when you open a can.

I enjoyed canned peach halves.

Peach and plum jam made with prune type plums such as Stanley or Italian is excellent. You want to use plums that aren't fully ripe and grind them and the peaches coarsely.

 

[CrealCritter]

FB didn't come close to following this recipe. Not 7 cups of sugar , 1 cup organic cane sugar . Not carmalized ginger (yet more sugar), organic ginger. Not pectin, low sugar pectin. Not burbon, rum. Not a sugar bomb, delicious .

Glad she used her taste buds, instead of blindly following a recipe. She sure made those marginal peaches delicious I'm sure my blood glucose, appreciates her also.

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[CrealCritter]

FB said something about spiced peach butter with the remaining peaches. She also asked me how I was doing on hamburger buns. I told her I have 1 left.

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[CrealCritter]

Spiced peach butter from marginal peaches, delicious. Thankful it's NOT pumpkin spiced, it's about that time of the year again, it's it?

Homemade hamburger buns made with simple ingredients and organic flour a d yeast that doesn't spike out blood sugar. Have to store in the freezer, because these will mold

Decided to check bay laurel cuttings, found the first breaking bud. Surprised, its only been 19 days and it's a non-green wood cutting. I counted the growth rings, best I can tell it's 7 years old cutting. I watered it with warm water and set outside in a safe place, to get some partial sun and warmth.

I probably want be around much for a while, I'll be spending most of my free time studying.

Hope you all have a blessed day

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[FarmerJamie]

From a FB group

Although you think of apple pie as being all American, there are NO apple varieties native the North America. All apples originally came from the Caucasus Mountains, (between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea), all the way over to the Tien Shan Mountains of China. Apples are a member of the rose family (rosaceae - Malus domestica). So next time you can’t afford to give her a dozen roses, just give her a dozen apples and tell her their close cousins… (Then run like heck)… There are over 20,000 known and named varieties of apples worldwide, with some 7,500 varieties of apples grown commercially across the world, and about 100 varieties of “Eating” apples are grown commercially in the United States. Most apple varieties are classified as cider apples (sour apple), used for cooking, making apple juice and flavorings in processed food products.

Apples are a true cold hardy plant. They require between 500 to 1000 chill hours (hours below 45°F or 7°C) to break dormancy properly. Without this cold they cannot produce a crop. Many varieties won’t produce in the deep south and on into Mexico.

While apples trees can be grown from seeds, they won’t grow true to the parent variety. They will be a cross of all 4 grandparent plants /varieties. However, many good varieties have been created that way. The Winesap, Macintosh, Granny Smith, to name a few, were all started as a seed planted in the ground. Commercial apple trees (named varieties) are created by the grafting process. They take a cutting from a tree variety they want to reproduce (scion) and join it (graft) onto a root stock of another apple variety. The top part (scion) grows / produces the apples you eat, while the bottom, the root stock determines how cold hardy the tree will be, and how tall the tree will grow. Because they are a grafted apple tree, they are a clone, an exact copy of the doner tree. That’s why one honey crisp apple tree cannot pollinate another honey crisp apple tree. They are extensions of the same tree. Every granny smith apple tree on the planet came from and has been grafted from the one original tree. Genetically speaking they are all the same trees.

Where did the “Granny Smith apples” come from you ask?

It originated in New South Wales, Australia, in 1868. It is named after Maria Ann Smith, where the cultivar came from a single chance seedling. Every single Granny Smith apple tree on the planet came from a clone (graft) from that one tree. Her granddaughter’s elementary school class planted apple seeds out on Maria Ann Smith’s sheep ranch as a class project. All but one grew up to produce small sour apples (called cider apples) and one became the granny smith apple we know of today. Having a greenhouse, and being a plant person, she propagated that tree and sold it locally, and eventually it went worldwide.

The Rome beauty (red ones), sometimes marketed as the Red beauty, Rome red, roman red beauty, or as Gillett’s apple. It is an heirloom variety that remains the number one cooking apple in North America. It’s combination of sweet / tart taste make a great jelly, or apple sauce. It can be blended with other tarter varieties when baking pies and crisps. The dense flesh holds up well to baking. The Rome apple was named after Rome Township, Ohio where the apple was first planted as a chance seedling in 1817 on the Joel Gillett family property. Their cousin Horatio Nelson Gillett was one of the whom first grafted the tree and took it to a nursery to market it to other growers in the area. The apple quickly became a popularly grown variety in Rome Township, Ohio and the surrounding areas. Many companies now offer this variety. The tree is however susceptible to many apple tree diseases, and can be frustrating to grow successfully.

The Yellow Delicious apple variety was discovered in 1912 by Anderson Mullins, on a farm in Clay County, West Virginia. Initially, the apple was, for many years known as “Mullin’s Yellow”. As the tree was found growing on Mullins’ farm, and its origin was somewhat of mysterious, believed to be a chance seedling rather than a deliberate cultivation. The apple was renamed “Golden Delicious” in 1914 by Stark Bro’s Nurseries, that company bought the rights to propagate and market the apple. The name was chosen to capitalize on the already popular Red delicious apple, suggesting a connection in quality and appeal. Stark Bro’s Nurseries began promoting Golden Delicious aggressively. The yellow delicious / golden delicious (same plant) is one of the most popular and widely grown apple varieties in North America. Up until about ten years ago it was the number one variety grown in England and Europe. Until the honey crisp overtook it. It is known as an “eating fresh” apple. While you can make jellies, juice and wine from it, because of its high moisture content, it doesn’t bake well. Tending to turn to mush while baking.

The yellow / golden delicious variety is used in many breeding programs. The Gala apple is a cross between Golden Delicious and Kidd’s Orange Red. The Jonagold apple is a hybrid of Golden Delicious and Jonathan. And the Fuji apple is a cross between Ralls Janet and Golden Delicious. There are 15 known commercial apples varieties that have been created by crossing the yellow delicious apple.