Sour (very) Green Apples | UBC Botanical Garden Forums
2007年6月2日 · the old 1950s sour Michigan apple was large, like Granny smith but it would be very bumpy and irregular in shape, light matte green with a slight red tinge on about 5-10 percent of the skin on 20 percent of the fruit in late fall, these were fairly wormy too so I though maybe that added to the irregularity in shape.
Seedless apples | UBC Botanical Garden Forums
2018年9月11日 · There are a few seedless apple varieties and some that are seedless when not pollinated by another variety. It's also possible that your tree is a rare seedling that has seedless apples. The very sour fruit points to the latter possibility, although it is also rare to find a seedling tree with apples of a reasonable size.
Apple trees from seeds | UBC Botanical Garden Forums
2009年2月10日 · The actual figure of obtaining a good tasting apple from seed is thought to be about 1 in 100,000. However, there is always an every so slim chance (about the same as winning the lottery) of a seedling apple producing a quality fruit. …
*Heyer Apple* Zone 3a - Newbie Acquired Fruit Trees and Needs …
2009年8月31日 · This apple is Heyer 12, an old variety from Saskatchewan. It is still the standard by which new introductions are judged for hardiness on the Prairie Provinces. It's apple is actually fairly 'sweet' (measured in solubale solids) but because it is so high in the various acids it …
Crabapples or Apples | UBC Botanical Garden Forums
2008年9月4日 · I think of crabs as Malus trees with small-sour fruit, frequently used as flowering landscape trees, or growing as wild apples. Domesticated apples all have some amount of hybridization in their genetics, while some Malus referred to as crabs or crabapples are not hybrids, such as the prairie crab apple, Malus ioensis ; or Japanese flowering ...
Botanical name for a sour green plum from Iran called "Goje Sabz"
2015年4月13日 · I am looking for the botanical name for a sour green plum from Iran called "Goje Sabz" I would like to buy the tree and plant in my garden but I am getting different names online such as "Cherry Plum tree", "Sour Green Plum tree", etc.. I wonder if you have the actual botanical name for this particular variety of plum. Many thanks.
Will 'volunteer" cherry tree produce fruit? - UBC Botanical Garden …
2014年6月4日 · We had both a cherry tree and an apple tree start on their own, I am guessing from the compost we used. The apple tree had lots of blossoms on this spring, but the cherry tree didn't. Someone told us that 'volunteer' cherry trees sometimes don't produce any fruit. Is this true? How can we tell without waiting years? It is already 7 feet tall.
October in the Garden 2024 - Apples, and pome relatives
2024年10月13日 · Speaking of apples, Dee Ann Bernard, Director of UBC Botanical Garden, has posted an article about the October 19/20, 2024 Apple Festival at Celebrating an “A-Peeling” Heritage - UBC Botanical Garden. As Douglas mentions, the apples in the garden have all been picked. But then there's this Malus domestica 'Nova Easygro' that has flowers now ...
Fruit not maturing on cherry tree - UBC Botanical Garden Forums
2007年6月12日 · The interesting thing though may be the origin of the tree. Since it is a mature tree now I can only quess at how it was started. It is not a dwarf, ( no grafted root system ) so it could well have been started from a pit! I have heard before that apple trees started from seeds don't always turn out to be the variety of apple, the seed was ...
Propagating apple tree cuttings - UBC Botanical Garden Forums
2009年7月14日 · The way I do it is a little time consuming but I get 100% a success rate.First you get get your little jiffy pot ready (the kind of pots made from organic material) cut down the side and to the center drain hole on the bottom to allow you to open it from the side like a book.Find a new shoot on a branch and at the base of the shoot go back 1/2 inch on last years wood ,I …