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rev.hodl 2y ago

Wild apple tree flowering

Found this wild apple tree on the homestead when cleaning up the edges of a pasture. It was getting choked out by sassafras, autumn olive and wild grape. It grows medium/small apples with a heavy russet skin, white crispy flesh, mild sweet flavor. Every year something happens and I'm not able to get more than a couple ripe apples from it. If I can get a few buckets full this year I'll make a batch of cider. I've grafted it and have several in the nursery, so if it dies for one reason or another it will live on somewhere else on the homestead. #foraging #homesteading #permies #permacture #grownostr #apple #appletree #wildapple #flower #blossom

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Wild apples are ripe at the Homestead

While these wild apples have a heavy russet skin, they have nice crisp white flesh with a sweet/tart juicy bite, good apple flavor. They are small and most of them drop before they are ripe but I always get to enjoy a few handfuls every year. I think if this tree were growing in a more ideal location, it would hold it's fruit better and the apples might end up larger. I've grafted a dozen or so copies of this tree so I'll get to find out how good the apples can really be in a few years.

#permies #permaculture #homesteading #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #foraging #wildforaged #appletree #apple #wildapple

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