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Like last year the M111 air-layering rootstock source and granny smith are the first apples to flower and pollinate eachother. Granny has showy blooms. These are my favorite flowers because they can give rise to fruit 😋

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I have two spots open in my cherry rows and am looking for an old, unique, self-pollinating variety. I’ve been eyeing Fedco’s English Morello - anyone have experience with it? I’ve never grown it, and don’t know anyone who has.

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English Morello Pie Cherry - Fedco Seeds

Netherlands or Germany, before 1860. Sometimes called Grosse Cerise à Ratafia, Grosse Lang Lothkirsche, Griotte du Nord, Morris and Colorado Morello.Excellent culinary cherry, recommended for pies and all other cookery. Very dark red-black skin. Dark red flesh and juice. Ripens late, after...
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That said, I may just stick with two more Montmorency - since they’re thriving here and growing like weeds. Not all cherry varieties do. I can't keep a black tartarian alive past the first growing season.

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Early golden aprocoit in shuck split.
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Heirloom tip-bearing apples are strange - how are those branches supposed to hold clusters of fruit at their tips? Stranger things have happened, I reckon. This one’s called King David.
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