This apple tree was sold to me in 1999 as a semi-dwarf Stayman Winesap. It is not semi-dwarf; it is in fact gigantic by apple tree standards. It isn't Stayman Winesap, or even red at all. Because I planted it in the correct spacing for smaller trees, it has almost completely overshadowed its nearest neighbor, a rather nice Golden Delicious. It responds to pruning by aggressively getting Much Larger. The apples are divine. I love her; I'm vexed by her; I hope she lives forever. I'm deeply curious about what I'd get if I planted some of her seeds.
Strawberries, rhubarb, two small blueberry bushes, and Nanking cherry bushes that did, even though their blooming time was cold, set fruit. I will continue to try to acidify the blueberries; maybe add some acid once a week until the soil tests around 5 pH.
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A picture from my favorite orchard, 10 years ago.
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Spring, in the apple orchards
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the path of tenderness is endless…
Rainer Maria Rilke, Orchard
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An entire miniature world growing in this old tree stump.
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Two Lovers
Enjoying a picnic sitting together in an apple orchard, as the sun sets. By Jeff Stanford, 2024
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Early morning at the orchard.
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Suleiman Mansour (Palestinian, b. 1947), Olive Field, 2020.
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Keith Vaughan (British, 1912-1977), An Orchard by the Railway, 1945. Pen, ink watercolour and gouache on paper, 29 × 38 cm.
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