TODAY IN THE ORCHARD

I visited The Apple Farm in Fairfield and Sandy River Orchard in Mercer to get a sense of their 2024 crops. The Apple Farm should have many interesting cultivars this fall, including several excellent apples for the Out on a Limb CSA. Sandy River Orchard does not have a large crop but should have apples for the CSA as well. Hopefully we will pick Wealthy there in about a week.
Later in the day I went up to Finley Lane and cleared all the brush from around tree #20 in row #1. We’ll pick it tomorrow. The tree has been DNA profiled and came back as “Milwaukee.” This could be correct, although I suspect that it might be a case of an incorrectly identified submission to the reference panel. The apples—whatever they are—do look good and are definitely ready to pick. Another apple mystery to sort out.