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Re: Apple Trees

I have the same problem. An old apple that is one of this island's
"heritage" varieties, only nobody knows for sure what they all planted back
in 1856. Your apple that's not bearing can't be because of a pollination
problem with those others on the same property, bees and hummingbirds fly,
after all, and there's also the wind, but apples do get "exhausted" by too
many weak or dead branches to keep up, and a good pruning can really bring
it back into fruition. As well, it just may have exhausted its soil. Have
it tested and provide the fertilizer and micro-nutrients it may be lacking.
Does it get enough sun?

Denise McCann Beck
USDA Zone 7
Sunset Western 4
Coastal Bristish Columbia

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> From: mbroome@freya.berry.edu
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Apple Trees
> Date: Wednesday, May 07, 1997 12:57 PM
> 
> When we moved into our new house, I inherited 5 established (not sure 
> how old) apple trees. I have some questions:
> 
> 1.	How do I determine what variety of apples these are? The trees 
> 	bear fruit every other year; the fruit is medium to small, red with 
> 	some yellow. They taste similar to the gala apples you buy at the 
> 	supermarket.
> 
> 2.	One of the trees is far from the others. It is in serious need of 
> 	pruning and does not bear but a few apples. Could this be because of 
> 	the needed pruning and care, or because it can't cross pollinate 
> 	with the other trees.
> 
> Mary Ellen Broome
> Database Manager
> Development Services
> Berry College
> Rome, Georgia
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