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Latest news

Welcome

Hello, welcome to Del's Orchard.
{ Wow, a neighbor just brought over the Bemidji Pioneer article, I never thought they'd put it on the cover!
I have hopes to post a lot more here when I have done a proper assessment of each variety from this winters test. Been putting in mostly 16 hour days lately so it may be a few weeks. }
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In 1998 I grafted 85 varieties of apple trees. It has been wonderful to see what beautiful apples can be grown here in Zone 2/3, and without chemicals!
The secret? Half of the answer is horticultural practices, I'll write on that later, the other half is getting northern varieties. Many of ours come from Canada and Alaska where research in hardy varieties has been quietly going on for decades. Thus many of the varieties are unfamiliar names - but what beauties to learn about!

During harvest I will post here each week about apple availability, quantities and descriptions.
To see our orchard click on 'see all pictures'.

Del Stubbs
mdstubbs@paulbunyan.net

Comments

6/18/2009 4:14:54 PM - 002074557992
Oh wow! I saw the article with your site address in the Bemidji Pioneer. Beautiful pictures! Apples are my all time favorite fruit.
Yvonne

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