Dec'16 - The Main Street Gardener - Episode 06 - (Re)Planting Wolf River Apple
Channel: ben capozzi
Date: 2016-12-12

12/11/16 - Here I am planting (or, rather, re-planting) a Wolf River apple tree, a fine apple for baking and drying, if not fresh eating. This tree brings our home orchard apple count up to 21 trees and nearly 30 varieties!

This isn't one of the dozens that I grafted myself earlier this year; I bought this tree already grafted from Burnt Ridge Nursery in Washington on the West Coast.

In the video, I dig up the small tree from a “triage” spot where I placed it earlier this year, then move it to it's final home in our in-town apple orchard. I talk briefly about the sequence of trees in our home orchard —organized roughly by ripening date—and also the training I'm using for this tree (tall spindle or column). 

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—come from Jacobsen's selections. You can buy his excellent book on Amazon at this link— http://amzn.to/2g8dc2y

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