Re: [apple-crop] Narrow Tall Spindle Layout

2014-07-04 Thread Arthur Kelly
Maximum yield isn't necessarily the same thing as maximum sales. In my opinion, the selling is more important than anything else. Yes, good yields of good quality fruit is important, but being good at selling and how much you are able to get for what you have to sell trumps everything else. If

Re: [apple-crop] Narrow Tall Spindle Layout

2014-07-04 Thread Kevin Hauser
This photo is at a PYO in Massachusetts not far from Belchertown that has nice-sized trees for pedestrian picking, with the highest apples within kid-sitting-on-the-shoulder's reach. Marty is 5'2 and so you can see the scale. The clerk didn't know the rootstock, but my guess is something smaller