Re: [apple-crop] apple tree size and planting density

2013-12-11 Thread Claude Jolicoeur
/item/the_new_cider_makers_handbook/ De : apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] De la part de Arthur Kelly Envoyé : 11 décembre 2013 09:09 À : Apple-crop discussion list Objet : Re: [apple-crop] apple tree size and planting density How did you ever thi

Re: [apple-crop] apple tree size and planting density

2013-12-11 Thread Arthur Kelly
How did you ever think of cork? Also there is renewed interest in antique and cider apple varieties although most of us would never plant them at old standard spacings to wait for the production and for the trees to fill the spacing. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Arthur Kelly wrote: > Rumina

Re: [apple-crop] apple tree size and planting density

2013-12-11 Thread Arthur Kelly
Ruminating is good word huh Dave. I did allow for a few. On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:49 PM, David Kollas wrote: > > > > Art: > > Your rumination seems to have led to neither discovery, enlightenment, nor > identification of a problem. > Perhaps you accidentally hit the "send" button before re-r

Re: [apple-crop] apple tree size and planting density

2013-12-10 Thread David Kollas
Art: Your rumination seems to have led to neither discovery, enlightenment, nor identification of a problem. Perhaps you accidentally hit the "send" button before re-reading the message. Another agricultural industry that continues to harvest from old t

[apple-crop] apple tree size and planting density

2013-12-10 Thread Arthur Kelly
I have been ruminating over a recent exchange concerning tree size, density and longevity. A few thoughts not in any order or organization but as they occur to me. All orchards have a support system. If it is not posts, wires and stakes then it is large permanent limbs. If fruit is born on limbs