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March 2, 2012

POLLINATION IN NEW ENGLAND APPLE ORCHARDS

It’s happening for my Dorsett Golden apple tree now. I recall that it was May in our Massachusetts home orchard where we had a Baldwin apple and and two MacIntosh trees. They were prolific: applesauce, dried apples, apple pie slices, apple cider. We knew all the ways to preserve apples.

Apple Blossoms