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| 1 pound chubs of ground beef at Walmart. 73% lean, 27% fat. |
Cull apple trees
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| Picture taken while mowing the grass. You can see the white "C" I sprayed with cheap, white primer. Also note that there are VERY few apples on these trees. |
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| This is "Empire". It is a cross of McIntosh and Red Delicious. I don't know how visible the dark red apples are, but there is a good number of them. Also note how healthy the leaves look. |
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| The tall, gangly tree in the foreground is "Melrose". It is a Jonathan X Red Delicious cross. Note the fruit load. |
Empire and Melrose trees are paying their rent. They are earning the right to live in their spots.
The Ozark Gold and Jerseymac, not so much.
If you don't raise your own beef you may have to give up eating it...
ReplyDeleteWhy not graft instead of culling?
ReplyDeletePrices are up everywhere on everything... And yes, gotta "earn" a place in the orchard!
ReplyDelete85/15 is as greasy as I will buy.
ReplyDeleteLove me an Empire apple!
ReplyDeleteIf you note the expiration date and show up the day before it runs out and Wally will grave it marked down almost 50%
ReplyDeleteERJ, I was at the local farm store today and they have a variety of apple trees on sale for $40.00 each. They are around 7 feet tall and in ~5 gallon pots. Taking a quick look I saw Gala, Red Delicious, Honeycrisp, and Fuji. All the trees looked healthy to my untrained eye. We are in the ~36.81 latitude zone here. Are they worth the money?
ReplyDeleteI have the necessary equipment to dig the holes and material to fence the critters out.
Any advice would be appreciated.