Dec'16 - The Main Street Gardener - Episode 07 - Planting Smokehouse Apple
Channel: ben capozzi
Date: 2016-12-12

12/11/16 - Here I am planting a Smokehouse apple tree, a fine apple for baking and fresh eating, if you catch it at the right moment. I chose to add Smokehouse to our home orchard for two reasons—1) it’s on Virginia orchardist Tom Burford’s list of top dessert apples, and 2) it LOVES the clay soils of the Piedmont where we live. With this tree, our home orchard apple count is up to 22 trees and nearly 30 varieties!

This tree is one of the dozens that I grafted myself earlier this year. In fact, I grafted at least two of these and in the video I discuss how I chose which one to plant, and show examples of successful and semi-successful grafts on two kinds of rootstock.

Sort of famous for it's size, Wolf River is one of many apples singled out in Rowan Jacobsen's book, “Apples of Uncommon Character.” Many of the apples we're adding to our orchards (both at home and at the farm) —and which I sell at Farmers Markets—came to my attention via Jacobsen's selections. You can buy his excellent book on Amazon at this link— http://amzn.to/2g8dc2y

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