Our grafting capacity is filling up fast - if you want to place an order for bench grafted apples or pears please send us a summary of your order (with accceptable alternates please)along with a check to
Wagon Wheel Orchard
15380 Edgerton Rd
Gardner KS 66030
Please see the Jan 4th 2011 post below for details.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Fruit tree grafting time is in full swing!
How 'bout dem apples? How'd you like to grow your own fruit like the apples in this picture? These were growing on a 5 year old tree.
We've had so many people ask about specific apples and pears that we may add in the future so here's a list of varieties we are tentatively adding to the orchard for 2011.
Note – please see Jan 4th 2011 blog post for ordering bench grafts or scion wood and our current "in ground" list.
Below is a work in progress of the varieties that we are requesting from various sources to add to the preservation orchard this year. We are posting this now so collectors can begin to create their wish lists for 2012 and beyond. Please note that this is a partial list of trees or scion wood we have requested and there are some redundancies due to customer’s orders or deer damage replacement. Most likely we will be adding another 100-200 types before the season ends. As always we will not bench graft patented varieties.
If you know of any endangered trees or homestead apples with an interesting history please contact us at wagonwheelmail@aol.com so that we can preserve that variety for future generations. We will be receiving our shipment of rootstock shortly and we will be grafting over the next several weeks.
Abbandanza
Adersleber Kalville
Albion Russet
Allen's Everlasting
Alton
American Pippin, c. 1817 USA
Anoka
Atlas
Bearre Gris
Beautiful Arcade
Bedan
Bella Fille
Belle de Pontoise
Belle Fille Rouge
Belle Fleur de France
Belmac
Benton Red
Bergamotte d'Ete
Beurre Gifford
Beurre Supurfin
Beverly Hills
Binet Blanc
Binet Blanc D'Ore
Binet Rouge
Blue Pearmain
Bonne Hotture
Bramtot
Brunnerling
Butt
Canada Red
Cartigny
Celestia
Cherry Cox
Cherryville Black
Chisel Jersey
Chojuro
Christmas Pink
Chuero Ru Biern
Cinnamon Spice
Clay Pot
Cloche
Clozette
Coscica
Court Pendu Gris
Cranberry Pippin
Crimson Gold
Cripps Pink
Danver's Winter Sweet
D'Arcy Spice
Dayton
De Janne
De Kanne
Deacon Jones, c. 1892 PA
Deane
Democrat
Ditlows Hard Winter
Domaines
Domine
Double Bon Pommier
Doux Normandie
Dumelow, c. 1800 Eng
Dyer, 1700's RI
Early Genitan
Edelborsdorfer
Edward's Winter
Eierledirer
Fall Orange
Fenouillet Gris
Feuillard
Finson's Orange
Florence
Fondante Des Mouling Lilu
Fox Hill
Franc Roseau
Frequin Lecaille
Frequin Rouge
Frequin Tardive de la Sarthe
Freyburg
Fuero Rous
GDWF1
Gelbemosteler
Gloria Mundi
Gloster
Gold Rush
Golden Nugget
Golden Sweet
Goldjon
Goldrush
Gray Pearmain
Green Cheese
Green Newtown, 1759, pre NY?
Green Sweet
Greenglade
Greensleeves
Gthus Reinette
Haralred
Hardy Cumberland
Harrison
Harvey
Hauer Pippin
Hawley, c. 1750 NY
Herdre Huffcap
Hewes Crab
Holstein
Hoover
Horneburger Pfannekuchen
Horse
Hunt Russet, c. 1750 MA
Hurlbut
Idjon
Ingrid Marie
James Grieve
Jeanne d'Arc
Jewett Red, c. 1842 NH
Jim Dandy
Josephine des Malunes
Joveaux
Jujube - Lang
Jujube - Li
Kanipe Red Flesh
Karmijn de Sonneville
Katsa
Kavanaugh
KAZ 93-04-02
KAZ 93-04-05
KAZ 93-17-01
KAZ 93-31-07
King Cole
Kinsei
Kosui
Koyama
Lady Williams (newish australian, but hangs on forever. Just picked my last ones f eb 10th)
Lady's Sweeting
Langford
Laurette
Laxton's Fortune
Legace
Leo
Lobo
Louis Bonne D'Auranches
Lyscom, c. 1817 MA
Macio Carpa
Magog Redstreak
Maigold
Malinda, c. 1860, VT
Mantet
Margil
Marie Menard
Marin Onfroy
Meigetsu
Mettais
Minnesota 1734
Muscat
Muscat de Dieppe
Myers Royal Limbertwig
Netto's Late Tart
New Brunswicker
Niagara
Nonpariel (Old)
Noret
Norland
Normannischen
Northern Lights
Northern Sweet, c. 1800 VT
Nouveau Poiteau
Nutting Bumpus
Nye Russet Bartlett
October Gravenstein
Oliver, c. 1831 AR
Orleans Reinette
Ortley, c. 1817 NJ
Overleesc
Oxheart Pippin
Paducah
Palouse, c. 1879 WA
Paragon, c. 1830 TN
Parkland
Passeu Crassane
Patterson
Paw Paw (apple) 1858 MI
Peace Garden
Peck Pleasant, c. 1832 CT/RI
Pigeonnet Blanc
Pigeonnet Rouge
Pilot
Pink Princess
Pink Rose
Pomme Grise, c. 1800 ?
Pomme Raisin
Pound Sweet
Prairie Spy
President Descours
Quebec Belle
Queen Cox
Quinte
Rambour D'Hiver
Rebecca's Gold
Red Baron
Red Berlepsch
Red Burke
Red Wealthy
Redcort
Redwell
Regent
Reine de Hetines
Reine de Reinette
Reinette Clochard
Reinette d'Armorique
Reinette de Cheree
Reinette de Cuzy
Reinette des Kluttes
Reinette du Mans
Reinette Gris du Canada
Reinette Gris Parmentier
Reinette Gris Santoinge
Reinette Jaeghers
Reinette Maibres
Rets
Rodger’s Red Mac
Roman Stem, c. 1817 NJ
Rose Pippin
Ross Nonpariel
Rousette de Rirens
Royal Wilding
Royale d'Angleterre
Rudens Suitrotais
Russel's Russet
Rusty Coat
Sensacion
Shamrock
Sharon
Shawnee
Sidrunkollane Talioum
Signe Tillisch
Skyrme's Kernel
Slovianka
Steeles Red
Stone, c. 1836 VT
Stroming
Summer Sweet Paradise
Summerred
Suncrisp
Sunrise
Swiss Limbertwig
Switzer
Tardive Forestier
Teint Fraise
Thornberry
Tilsith
Tohoku 4
Transcendant Crab
Triumphe de Vienne
Trusevitch 1-48-41
Tumanga
Tydeman's Early Worcester
Uljanisceva
Uralian Butter
Vandervere
Vanilla Pippin
Viking
Vista Bella
Von Zuccalmaglios Reinette
Wade
Walden Early Red
Walden Earlysweet
Walley Polley
Whitney Crab
Wickson
Williams Favorite
Williams Pride
Worcester Pearmain
Yellow June
Yian Guang
Young American
We hope to see you this spring, summer and fall for tours, tree sales and fruit picking!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Apple of the Month - Ashmead's Kernel
Ashmead’s Kernel Apple, nostalgia for your mouth
Like many old apples, the originator of this variety is in its name – Ashmead. In 1700, Dr. Thomas Ashmead raised a tree in his Gloucester, England garden. The second half of the name “Kernel”, is a common term for a tree grown from seed (aka pip or kernel).
Ashmead’s Kernel is a great example of not judging a book by its cover. This small to medium apple is not found in the grocer’s because of our tendency to buy with our eyes and not our taste buds. Ashmead’s has a drab russeted appearance, resembling a greenish golden smooth potato but beneath this exterior is one of the most splendid tastes in the whole orchard!
The British have a candy called a “pear drop” which most North Americans have never tried. The closest thing we have with similar flavoring would be “Juicy Fruit” gum. Most people will find some taste similarities in russeted apples. They tend to have flavor descriptions that sound more like wine than fruit. Common terms used include “nutty, sharp and aromatic” even “hints of oak” have been used to describe Ashmead’s – odd for something fresh off of a tree instead of drawn from a barrel. There is an elusive indescribable character to the Ashmead’s Kernel which sets it apart and is the reason why this apple has been so popular worldwide for hundreds of years. You simply must eat one to know one.
When coming to North America many early settlers brought bench-grafted apple trees along with them. Having a healthy orchard was a priority as cider was the most popular drink. Most family favorites brought to the New World did not adapt well to the climate and were cast aside in favor of newer seedlings. There are a small number of apples from England that thrive in the states, Ashmead’s is one of them. Listed in many eastern publications by 1826, this apple was exhibited before the Cincinnati Horticultural Society in 1855 and quickly made its way west. Here in Kansas (where we once had over 20 million fruit trees and 2,500 apple varieties growing), it was held in great esteem and was listed in many growers “top 10” apples for their counties. At Wagon Wheel Orchard, our trees have grown for over a decade with little or no maintenance. Many of our trees were bearing fruit the third year we grafted them. (see Jan 4th, 2011 blog article on custom grafting)
Ashmead’s is a fantastic eating apple, especially with a good cheese. Our favorite combination is Camembert (a soft brie-like cheese), sesame crackers and Kernels. Camembert cheese is gaining popularity and can be found in most grocery stores. Historically Ashmead’s has been a favorite for making a varietal cider (hard cider) or to be used in cider blends to add complexity.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Thanks to Mother Earth News!!!
On Monday, Mother Earth News posted a blog article written by Rick about Grandma Greuel's famous crab apple jelly. Please check out the link below:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/grow-it/awesome-apple-offerings-plus-an-heirloom-crab-apple-jelly-recipe.aspx
Cheryl Long was kind enough to add a piece about our tree sales. As many of you know, Wagon Wheel Orchard has a focus on preserving antique apple and pear trees. The best way to make sure a variety survives for future generations is to get several trees planted in different locations. This year we have added dozens of endangered trees to our bench graft offerings. One of the trees we are now grafting for 2011 is the very same "Grandma Greuel's Crab Apple" as mentioned in the article.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Grafting season is again upon us!
At Wagon Wheel Orchard we always say that “variety is our specialty”. We have a decided focus on preserving antique and heirloom fruit trees through our grafting services. We have over 700 fruit varieties in our orchard and as you can see from the list below there’s something for everyone.
Let us make sure your old homestead variety is passed on by custom grafting trees for the whole family (very cool gift).
We do bench grafts or custom grafting of apple and pear trees at $9 each with no shipping charges, all taxes included and only a 7 tree minimum!
ROOTSTOCK (Controls the size of the tree) Our default rootstock for apples is M111 and we use the disease resistant “Old Home” series for pear rootstock. Both will produce a semi-dwarf tree that should be in the 15 to 18 foot tall range when mature. We use these rootstocks for their adaptability and health. If you have an alternate preference, please email us at Wagonwheelmail@aol.com with your request.
SCION WOOD We are also offering scion wood at $4 a stick with no shipping charges (taxes included) and only a 8 stick minimum. Please contact us at Wagonwheelmail@aol.com for volume discounts above 40 sticks. Sticks will be approx 12” long and as close to ¼” thick as possible.
Please check local regulations before you request your trees, grafts or seeds. Please note that this a partial list of the varieties we have in our orchard and do not order any that are patented.
PAW PAW SEEDS Fruit tastes like banana custard. 2/$1 (16/$8 order min. or no min. if combined with scion or bench graft orders) We can also supply bulk orders – email for details.
Please check local regulations before you request your trees, grafts or seeds. Please note that this a complete list of the varieties we have in our orchard and do not order any that are patented.
Below is a list of the trees we have at Wagon Wheel Orchard in 2011. The trees listed with an asterisk are available in limited quantity - please list an alternate variety in your order.
APPLES
**** Asterisks mean limited supply ****
167Th Delicious* (unknown delicious type apple from Gardner, KS homestead)
Adams Pearmain* (1826, Victorian English dessert apple with a nutty sweet flavor)
Airlie’s Red Flesh* aka Hidden Rose
Akane (Japan 1937, disease resistant, reliable Jonathan type apple)
Alexander aka Emperor or Emperor Alexander (pre 1800s old Russian variety)
Alkmene* aka Early Windsor (Early Cox type apple – crisp and tart)
Almata (large red apple with pink flesh, ripens Oct)
American Beauty (mid 1800s Massachusetts, wine-like flavor, ripens early October)
American Pippin* (old American cooking and cider apple) none avail 2011
American Summer* (listed 1857)
Antonovka (pre 1826 Russia, cold hardy variety used as rootstock in the north)
Apricot Apple* (orange to red flesh, supposed to smell and taste like an apricot, mid-season)
Arkansas Black spur type (plenty available)
Arkansas Sweet* (pre 1905 Arkansas, a fine all around apple)
Arlet (Switzerland, modern apple)
Ashmeads Kernel (old English russet apple with “pear drop” flavor, hardy trees)
Ashton Bitter* (English cider apple) none avail 2011
Astrachan Red (Russian pre 1800s)
Atlas* none avail 2011
Aunt Rachel (a fine early season southern apple)
Autumn Pearmain*
Bailey Sweet*
Baldwin (1740 Massachusetts, once one of the most popular commercial varieties in the US pre-WWI)
Baldwin Red Flesh* (ours has not fruited yet)
Bancroft* (1930, Ottawa, Canada, dessert apple with subacid flavor, late October)
Belle de Boskoop (1850s Netherlands, great sharp dual purpose apple)
Belmont* aka Belmont Waxen (pre 1866 old market variety)
Ben Davis, Black (very popular old southern apple)
Benoni* (mid 1800s Massachusetts, high quality dessert apple)
Bentley Sweet* (early 1800s, firm, juicy and very sweet, October)
Benton Red* (no info yet)
Berner Rosen* (1888 Switzerland)
Beverly Hills*
Big Red Sauce Seedling DL31
Black Gilliflower* (clove scented)
Black Oxford*
Black Twig*
Blenheim Orange (England 1740, aromatic dry flesh which cooks well)
Blue Pearmain*
Braeburn
Bramley's Seedling (the definitive English cooking apple, makes a great applesauce)
Breaky*
Brown's Apple (English cider apple, makes a very fruity varietal cider)
Buckingham (the definitive southern apple, September)
Burgundy (a beautiful dark red September apple, firm, crisp and tangy)
Calville Blanc D'Hiver (plenty available, more vitamin C than an orange!!!)
Cameo* (a crisper Red Delicious seedling)
Canada Reinette*
Canadian Strawberry*
Cannon Pearmain* (pre 1866)
Caney Fork Limbertwig*
Carolina Red June (Tennessee early 1800s)
Carter's Blue (“Blue” for its heavy bloom, blue appearance until rubbed or washed, 1840s Alabama)
Catawba (mid-1800s southern apple)
Cathead (1600s, England, makes a very sharp applesauce, unique “cathead” shape)
Celestial*
Charette* (hasn’t fruited yet)
Charles Ross* (1890, very limited quantity available, rare dual purpose English apple)
Chatagnier
Chenango Strawberry (1850, New York)
Chestnut*
Chisel Jersey*
Cinnamon Spice*
Clark of Kentucky*
Claygate Pearmain (large, soft and juicy, late season old English apple from Surrey)
Coe's Golden Drop* (dessert apple)
Cole's Quince* (1849 Maine)
Cooper's Market* (pre 1866)
Cornish Gillflower *(1812, Cornwall, England, firm dry flesh, sweet and aromatic)
Cortland (1898, New York, McIntosh type apple)
Cortland North Pole*
Court Pendu Plat (pre 1613 France, late bloomer, pineapple like acidity)
Cox Orange Pippin (1825 England, one of the worlds greatest eating apples)
Crimson Beauty* (1880 Canada. Fruits have rather soft flesh with a subacid to acid flavor)
Crimson King (1895 English cider and culinary apple)
Crimson Spire*
Cripps Pink*
Criterion (1968 Washington, USA, crisp, sweet, a good all purpose apple)
Dabinett (small, aromatic old English cider apple from Somerset)
Danvers Winter Sweet*
Davey* 1928 Massachusetts, slightly coarse firm flesh with a mildly sweet perfumed flavor)
Deane*
Delcon (Large, sweet, crisp, juicy, white flesh. All purpose apple, very disease resistant)
Delicious Red (original)*
Discovery (1949 England, Crisp and juicy with a hint of strawberry, disease resistant)
Drap D'Or* (listed 1731 Thomas Hitt A Treatise of Fruit Trees, dual purpose)
Duchess of Oldenburg (1700s, Russian, early season, firm, juicy flesh with a subacid flavor)
Dudley Winter*
Dunning* (1922 New York, firm, crisp flesh with a sweet flavor)
Dyer*
Early Genitan*
Early Harvest (very early apple – great for applesauce)
Early Joe* (like all early apples this one is great for applesauce, 1800 NY)
Early Ripe
Early Strawberry* (NY 1838, medium sized, tender, crisp and juicy, ripens late June)
Egremont Russet (1872 England, the most popular russet apple at the present time)
Ellis Bitter* (no info – as the name implies this may be cider only)
Emerald Spire* (many apples with “spire” are columnar in growth habit)
Empire ( a cross of Red Delicious and McIntosh – leans towards Mac in flavor)
Empress*
Enterprise*
Erwin Baur*
Esopus Spitzenburg (Thomas Jefferson’s fav, very flavorful, crisp, firm, spicy, the ultimate gourmet apple)
Etters Gold
F. McFarland Red Apple (from an old KS homestead)*
Fall Orange*(1773, Mass, aromatic white flesh is tender, crisp and juicy)
Fall Pippin*
Fallawater
Fanny (pre 1869 Pennsylvania, early apple)
Fiesta*
Fireside
Fletcher Sweet* (no info found)
Florence*
Flower of Kent (pre 1826)
Four Corner’s Red #1 (old KS farmstead apple)
Fox (an old Smoky Mountain apple collected by Henry Morton of Gatlinburg)
Fox Hill*
Foxwhelp* (cider variety)
Franklin*
Freedom (disease resistant)
Fresh Candy (we will not graft as we are getting patent)
Fuji ( yeah, the one in the grocery store)
Fuji, Red Fuji* ( a redder version of the popular apple)
Gala (the original)
Gala, Royal (a much redder version of Gala)
Gala, Grand*
Garden Royal*
Gardner Madison Apple (unknown farmstead apple from Gardner KS)*
Gilpin* aka Carthouse pre 1817 all around good early apple
Golden Delicious
Golden Delicious Improved
Golden Pearmain
Golden Pippin*
Golden Reinette* (Europe mid 1600s, crisp, yellow flesh with a sweet subacid flavor)
Golden Russet (1700s, all around great apple, fresh, cider, cooking and keeping)
Golden Sweet* (very old Connecticut variety, very sweet)
Goodland* (excellent large apple with fireblight resistance)
Goof*
Grandma Greuel’s Crabapple (our family’s very own crab for jellies and preserves)
Granny Smith
Gravenstein (1868 Australia raised by Mrs Thomas Smith aka “Granny”)
Gray Pearmain*
Green Cheese*
Green Sweet*
Grimes Golden
Haas (St. Louis MO 1800s, once very popular late Sept apple)
Hall (late 1700s NC, a smaller apple with exquisite flavor)
Haralson* (1913 USA, predominately red apple ripening in October)
Harcourt* (good disease resistance)
Harvey* (mentioned in 1629, another great large English culinary apple, ripens late Sept)
Hawaii
Hawkeye Delicious (the original Red Delicious, grown by Jesse Hiatt in Peru, IA 1870)
Hazen* (1980, North Dakota, grown for its resistance to fireblight)
Herrings Pippin (1908, England)
Hidden Rose (a red fleshed apple with little info, ours hasn’t fruited yet)
Holiday (1940 Ohio, sweet, crisp and juicy with a wine-like flavor)
Honeycrisp (yeah, that Honeycrisp, one of the best modern apples)
Honeygold* deer damage in 2010
Hoover* (mid 1800s South Carolina, dark red over yellow, firm, juicy and tasty. A good keeper)
Howgate Wonder* (1915 Isle of Wight, held the world record for largest apple – over 3 lbs!)
Hubbardston Nonesuch (early 1800s, Massachusetts, sweet, juicy, crisp, and fragrant.)
Hudsons Golden Gem (fine flavored, juicy, good sized russet apple, but an early bloomer)
Hunt Russet (known for keeping in a cellar over a year, rare old apple)
Huntsman (fast growing early producer – great Midwest apple 1800s)
Hurlbut* aka Hurlbut Sweet*
Idared (1942, Idaho, white, tinged green, crisp, fine-textured flesh with a pleasant vinous flavor)
Ingram* (1850s, Missouri, said to be a late bloomer and will miss late frost damage)
Itzstedter Apfel* (late 1800s Itzstedt, Germany, beautiful dessert apple)
Jakes Seedling* (we know little of this August apple as ours hasn’t fruited yet)
James Grieve* (1893, Scotland, good all around dual purpose apple)
Jefferis (have plenty – great backyard or pick-your-own tree as fruit ripens over several weeks)
Jersey Sweet* (we found listings for this apple in England and France but no history)
Jim Dandy* (no info)
Johnny Appleseed (a graft from the last surviving tree Johnny himself planted, a Rambo-type apple)
Jonagold (1943 New York)
Jonathan, Original* aka Philip Rick(1826, New York)
Jonathan, Disease Resistant
Jonathan, Red (a more highly colored sport (mutant) of Jonathan)
Judy*
Judy’s Favorite (western Kansas homestead apple)
Junaluska (1800s, NC, grown by a Cherokee Chief, thought lost but rediscovered in 2001)
Kanipe Redflesh*
Kansas Black
Kavanagh*
Kazakhstan seedlings (not available until 2012)
Keepsake* (most likely a good keeper)
Kerrys Irish Pippin* (1802, Ireland, firm, crisp slightly dry with a good aromatic flavor)
Keswick Codlin* (1793 England, somewhat soft all purpose apple)
Kidds Orange Red* (1924 New Zealand, yellow w/red stripes, crisp, juicy, sweet flesh with a rich flavor)
King David (1893 Arkansas, good for all uses, late bloomer and disease resistant)
Kingston Black (pre 1847, Somerset, England, produces a full-bodied single variety cider)
Kinnairds Choice (1855 Tennessee, yellow apple turns red on side towards sun, dessert)
Knobbed Russet* (introduced 1819 England, one ugly apple, resembles a potato)
Lady aka The Christmas Apple (dates back to Roman Empire, small, used in Christmas wreaths)
Lady Finger* (listed by Coxe in 1817, very elongated apple)
Lady's Sweeting* (1845 New York, very sweet late variety)
Langford* (no info known yet)
Late Strawberry* (1848 New York, medium sized, yellow with red splashes, juicy, crisp)
Lawver* aka Lawyer (confusing history – mid 1800s, good culinary apple that stores well)
Legace* (no info yet)
Liberty (best disease resistant apple – similar to Jonathan, great choice if growing organic)
Lincolnville Russet*
Lodi (1911 New York, this is my Grandma’s favorite applesauce apple, ripens July)
Lodi, spur type* (a more compact columnar version of Lodi, good for smaller areas)
Macfree (a disease resistant McIntosh type apple)
Macoun (1923 New York, gaining popularity recently, a crisper McIntosh type apple)
Maiden Blush (early 1800s NJ, listed by Coxe in 1817, good for cooking and drying)
Major* (cider)
Mammoth Black Twig
Maunzenapfel* (listed in England and France but little known)
May aka White Paradise or White Juneating (very early apple, good for applesauce)
Mays Apple* (rare variety with little info)
Mcintosh (1796 Ontario, the same one you still see in markets today)
McIntosh, Grandpa Greuel’s
McIntosh, Improved
McIntosh (spur type)*
McIntosh, Disease Resistant
McMahone White*
Medaille d'Or (early 1800s France, cider apple)
Melon* (1800 New York, crisp, fine, yellowish flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavor)
Michelin
Milam*
Milden*
Milo Gibson*
Minister Von Hammerstein*
Minkler*
Missouri Pippin (bears very young – old Midwest variety)
Monmouth Pippin*
Monstecuse d’evainoff* (we need to do more research on this variety)
Moore's Sweet*
Morgan Duft*
Mother* aka American Mother (1844 Massachusetts, an old classic American apple, great flavor)
Muscadet De Bernay*
Mutsu aka Crispin (1930s Japan, a Golden Delicious cross, great all purpose apple)
My Jewel*
New Brunswicker* aka Duchess of Oldenburg
Newt Grindle* (no info yet)
Newtosh*
Newtown Pippin aka Albermarle Pippin (pre 1759 Long Island, New York, first rate apple)
Nickajack many syns (an old Cherokee Indian apple)
Niedzwetzkyana Crab* (red fleshed popular apple)
Nodhead* aka Jewett Red (known in France)
Nonesuch* (there were many “Nonesuch” apples, this one hasn’t fruited yet)
Northern Spy (1800 New York, very popular large late season apple, excellent flavor)
Novaspy*
Nutting Bumpus* (great name, ours hasn’t fruited yet)
Opalescent (very fast growing)
Orange Sweet* (known in England and France, little other info)
Oriole (1914 Minnesota, soft, coarse flesh with sweet subacid flavor)
Orleans Reinette* (1776 France, dual purpose, fresh eating and cooking)
Ortley* aka Woolman’s Long Pippin, Cleopatra (1817 New Jersey, tender, juicy pleasant flavor)
Ozark Gold*
Paulared* (1960 Michigan)
Pewaukee* (mid 1800s Wisconsin a cross of Duchess and Northern Spy)
Pilot* (early 1800s Virginia)
Pink Pearl* (mid 1900s, an Albert Etter pink-fleshed apple)
Pink Princess*
Pionier* (dessert)
Pitmaston Pineapple (1785 England, tastes of pineapple and honey)
Polly Eades (late 1800s Kentucky, late blooming apple, large, rather tart)
Pomme d'Or* aka Golden Pippin
Pomme Gris (old possible Canadian variety)
Porter's Perfection
Potter*
Pound Sweet aka Pumpkin Sweet
Priestly* aka Bartlett, Bullet (described by Coxe 1817, excellent spicy apple, very abundant)
Prima* (1970) some disease resistance
Priscilla*
Pristine
Purpurroter Cousinot (Netherlands or Germany pre 1766)
Rambo (very early American introduction, known as Johnny Appleseed’s favorite)
Rawle's Janet (many syns – Genet, Geneteating – a very popular apple in the 1800s)
Red Blaze*
Red Hook*
Red St. Lawrence*
Redfree*
Reinette Jamin*
Reinette Simarenko* (1895 Russia, tender, crisp with a subacid flavor, a popular Reinette type)
Rhode Island Greening (1650 Rhode Island NY, this one will shock Granny Smith lovers)
Ribston Pippin (1707 England from French seed, some disease resistance and quite acidic)
Rolfe*
Rome* (1817 Ohio, popular large red apple)
Ross Nonpariel*
Roxbury Russet 1649 Massachusetts, many syns, a great American russet apple)
Rubinette*
Russell's Russet* (pre 1847 if this is “Russell’s”)
Saint Edmund's Pippin
Saint Lawrence*
Sam Young aka Irish Russet (an Irish russet apple brought to England in 1818)
Sansa*
Scarlet Surprise aka Bill’s Red Flesh (red on the inside!)
Scott Winter*
September Ruby*
Shay
Sheepnose aka Bullocks (pre 1817 New Jersey)
Sierra Beauty
Silken
Sir Isaac Newton’s apple*
Smokehouse*
Smoky Mountain Limbertwig (like all “limbertwigs” this trees has branches that droop down)
Snow aka Fameuse (very tender apple with extremely white flesh)
Somerset of Maine* (pre 1849 Maine USA)
Somerset Red Streak* (more popular in France and England than the US)
Sops of Wine aka Bell’s Favorite or Hominy (very old late summer English culinary apple)
Spartan* (1926 BC Canada, great northern apple)
Spencer*
Spice of Old Virginia (there is much confusion around this apple as “spice” was common)
Spigold
Spoon Creek Amish (unknown apple from an old Amish farmstead in KS)*
Starkey*
Statefair
Stayman Winesap (the most famous Kansas apple)
Stoke Red* (cider)
Striped Harvey*
Summer Banana
Summer Ladyfinger
Summer Rambo
Summer Sweet Paradise*
Surprise*
Swaar*
Sweet 16
Sweet Bough
Sweet Sal*
Sweet Yellow Crab
Switzer*
Tater House*
Tetofsky*
Tolman Sweet
Tompkins County King
Transparentes Des Cooncels*
Tremblett's Bitter*
Trent*
Tsugaru*
Twenty Ounce
Tydeman’s Late Orange
Tydeman's Red*
Utter*
Vandevere*
Virginia Gold
Wade*
Wagener
Waldhofler*
Wealthy*
Wefle Tardif*
Weiser Winter Tafelapfel*
Westfield Seek-No-Further
White Pearmain
White Pippin*
White Winter Pearmain*
Whitney Russet*
Wickson* (short supply – very popular cider apple)
Williams Favorite*
Williams Pride*
Winekist*
Winesap (original)*
Winter Banana
Wolf River 1881
Wynoche Early*
Yarlington Mill (plenty available)
Yates*
Yellow Bellflower*
Yellow Ingestrie*
Yellow Jay*
Yellow June*
Yellow Transparent*
York Imperial*
Zabergau Reinette*
PEAR (grafted on Bartlett or scion wood) asterisks mean limited supply
Ayers
Bartlett
Bosc*
Burford*
Comice (high quality dessert pear)
F. McFarland Homestead* (unknown 100+ year old variety)
Four Corners Homestead*
Harrows Delight*
Haunted House Pear* (unknown homestead pear)
Jeanne d'Arc*
Kiefer
Madison Gardner Pear 01*
Madison Gardner Pear 02*
Magness*
Moonglow
Olathe Lake Pear (unknown homestead pear)*
Olympic Asian*
Rescue*
Seckel*
Warden Seckel*
Let us make sure your old homestead variety is passed on by custom grafting trees for the whole family (very cool gift).
We do bench grafts or custom grafting of apple and pear trees at $9 each with no shipping charges, all taxes included and only a 7 tree minimum!
ROOTSTOCK (Controls the size of the tree) Our default rootstock for apples is M111 and we use the disease resistant “Old Home” series for pear rootstock. Both will produce a semi-dwarf tree that should be in the 15 to 18 foot tall range when mature. We use these rootstocks for their adaptability and health. If you have an alternate preference, please email us at Wagonwheelmail@aol.com with your request.
SCION WOOD We are also offering scion wood at $4 a stick with no shipping charges (taxes included) and only a 8 stick minimum. Please contact us at Wagonwheelmail@aol.com for volume discounts above 40 sticks. Sticks will be approx 12” long and as close to ¼” thick as possible.
Please check local regulations before you request your trees, grafts or seeds. Please note that this a partial list of the varieties we have in our orchard and do not order any that are patented.
PAW PAW SEEDS Fruit tastes like banana custard. 2/$1 (16/$8 order min. or no min. if combined with scion or bench graft orders) We can also supply bulk orders – email for details.
Please check local regulations before you request your trees, grafts or seeds. Please note that this a complete list of the varieties we have in our orchard and do not order any that are patented.
Below is a list of the trees we have at Wagon Wheel Orchard in 2011. The trees listed with an asterisk are available in limited quantity - please list an alternate variety in your order.
APPLES
**** Asterisks mean limited supply ****
167Th Delicious* (unknown delicious type apple from Gardner, KS homestead)
Adams Pearmain* (1826, Victorian English dessert apple with a nutty sweet flavor)
Airlie’s Red Flesh* aka Hidden Rose
Akane (Japan 1937, disease resistant, reliable Jonathan type apple)
Alexander aka Emperor or Emperor Alexander (pre 1800s old Russian variety)
Alkmene* aka Early Windsor (Early Cox type apple – crisp and tart)
Almata (large red apple with pink flesh, ripens Oct)
American Beauty (mid 1800s Massachusetts, wine-like flavor, ripens early October)
American Pippin* (old American cooking and cider apple) none avail 2011
American Summer* (listed 1857)
Antonovka (pre 1826 Russia, cold hardy variety used as rootstock in the north)
Apricot Apple* (orange to red flesh, supposed to smell and taste like an apricot, mid-season)
Arkansas Black spur type (plenty available)
Arkansas Sweet* (pre 1905 Arkansas, a fine all around apple)
Arlet (Switzerland, modern apple)
Ashmeads Kernel (old English russet apple with “pear drop” flavor, hardy trees)
Ashton Bitter* (English cider apple) none avail 2011
Astrachan Red (Russian pre 1800s)
Atlas* none avail 2011
Aunt Rachel (a fine early season southern apple)
Autumn Pearmain*
Bailey Sweet*
Baldwin (1740 Massachusetts, once one of the most popular commercial varieties in the US pre-WWI)
Baldwin Red Flesh* (ours has not fruited yet)
Bancroft* (1930, Ottawa, Canada, dessert apple with subacid flavor, late October)
Belle de Boskoop (1850s Netherlands, great sharp dual purpose apple)
Belmont* aka Belmont Waxen (pre 1866 old market variety)
Ben Davis, Black (very popular old southern apple)
Benoni* (mid 1800s Massachusetts, high quality dessert apple)
Bentley Sweet* (early 1800s, firm, juicy and very sweet, October)
Benton Red* (no info yet)
Berner Rosen* (1888 Switzerland)
Beverly Hills*
Big Red Sauce Seedling DL31
Black Gilliflower* (clove scented)
Black Oxford*
Black Twig*
Blenheim Orange (England 1740, aromatic dry flesh which cooks well)
Blue Pearmain*
Braeburn
Bramley's Seedling (the definitive English cooking apple, makes a great applesauce)
Breaky*
Brown's Apple (English cider apple, makes a very fruity varietal cider)
Buckingham (the definitive southern apple, September)
Burgundy (a beautiful dark red September apple, firm, crisp and tangy)
Calville Blanc D'Hiver (plenty available, more vitamin C than an orange!!!)
Cameo* (a crisper Red Delicious seedling)
Canada Reinette*
Canadian Strawberry*
Cannon Pearmain* (pre 1866)
Caney Fork Limbertwig*
Carolina Red June (Tennessee early 1800s)
Carter's Blue (“Blue” for its heavy bloom, blue appearance until rubbed or washed, 1840s Alabama)
Catawba (mid-1800s southern apple)
Cathead (1600s, England, makes a very sharp applesauce, unique “cathead” shape)
Celestial*
Charette* (hasn’t fruited yet)
Charles Ross* (1890, very limited quantity available, rare dual purpose English apple)
Chatagnier
Chenango Strawberry (1850, New York)
Chestnut*
Chisel Jersey*
Cinnamon Spice*
Clark of Kentucky*
Claygate Pearmain (large, soft and juicy, late season old English apple from Surrey)
Coe's Golden Drop* (dessert apple)
Cole's Quince* (1849 Maine)
Cooper's Market* (pre 1866)
Cornish Gillflower *(1812, Cornwall, England, firm dry flesh, sweet and aromatic)
Cortland (1898, New York, McIntosh type apple)
Cortland North Pole*
Court Pendu Plat (pre 1613 France, late bloomer, pineapple like acidity)
Cox Orange Pippin (1825 England, one of the worlds greatest eating apples)
Crimson Beauty* (1880 Canada. Fruits have rather soft flesh with a subacid to acid flavor)
Crimson King (1895 English cider and culinary apple)
Crimson Spire*
Cripps Pink*
Criterion (1968 Washington, USA, crisp, sweet, a good all purpose apple)
Dabinett (small, aromatic old English cider apple from Somerset)
Danvers Winter Sweet*
Davey* 1928 Massachusetts, slightly coarse firm flesh with a mildly sweet perfumed flavor)
Deane*
Delcon (Large, sweet, crisp, juicy, white flesh. All purpose apple, very disease resistant)
Delicious Red (original)*
Discovery (1949 England, Crisp and juicy with a hint of strawberry, disease resistant)
Drap D'Or* (listed 1731 Thomas Hitt A Treatise of Fruit Trees, dual purpose)
Duchess of Oldenburg (1700s, Russian, early season, firm, juicy flesh with a subacid flavor)
Dudley Winter*
Dunning* (1922 New York, firm, crisp flesh with a sweet flavor)
Dyer*
Early Genitan*
Early Harvest (very early apple – great for applesauce)
Early Joe* (like all early apples this one is great for applesauce, 1800 NY)
Early Ripe
Early Strawberry* (NY 1838, medium sized, tender, crisp and juicy, ripens late June)
Egremont Russet (1872 England, the most popular russet apple at the present time)
Ellis Bitter* (no info – as the name implies this may be cider only)
Emerald Spire* (many apples with “spire” are columnar in growth habit)
Empire ( a cross of Red Delicious and McIntosh – leans towards Mac in flavor)
Empress*
Enterprise*
Erwin Baur*
Esopus Spitzenburg (Thomas Jefferson’s fav, very flavorful, crisp, firm, spicy, the ultimate gourmet apple)
Etters Gold
F. McFarland Red Apple (from an old KS homestead)*
Fall Orange*(1773, Mass, aromatic white flesh is tender, crisp and juicy)
Fall Pippin*
Fallawater
Fanny (pre 1869 Pennsylvania, early apple)
Fiesta*
Fireside
Fletcher Sweet* (no info found)
Florence*
Flower of Kent (pre 1826)
Four Corner’s Red #1 (old KS farmstead apple)
Fox (an old Smoky Mountain apple collected by Henry Morton of Gatlinburg)
Fox Hill*
Foxwhelp* (cider variety)
Franklin*
Freedom (disease resistant)
Fresh Candy (we will not graft as we are getting patent)
Fuji ( yeah, the one in the grocery store)
Fuji, Red Fuji* ( a redder version of the popular apple)
Gala (the original)
Gala, Royal (a much redder version of Gala)
Gala, Grand*
Garden Royal*
Gardner Madison Apple (unknown farmstead apple from Gardner KS)*
Gilpin* aka Carthouse pre 1817 all around good early apple
Golden Delicious
Golden Delicious Improved
Golden Pearmain
Golden Pippin*
Golden Reinette* (Europe mid 1600s, crisp, yellow flesh with a sweet subacid flavor)
Golden Russet (1700s, all around great apple, fresh, cider, cooking and keeping)
Golden Sweet* (very old Connecticut variety, very sweet)
Goodland* (excellent large apple with fireblight resistance)
Goof*
Grandma Greuel’s Crabapple (our family’s very own crab for jellies and preserves)
Granny Smith
Gravenstein (1868 Australia raised by Mrs Thomas Smith aka “Granny”)
Gray Pearmain*
Green Cheese*
Green Sweet*
Grimes Golden
Haas (St. Louis MO 1800s, once very popular late Sept apple)
Hall (late 1700s NC, a smaller apple with exquisite flavor)
Haralson* (1913 USA, predominately red apple ripening in October)
Harcourt* (good disease resistance)
Harvey* (mentioned in 1629, another great large English culinary apple, ripens late Sept)
Hawaii
Hawkeye Delicious (the original Red Delicious, grown by Jesse Hiatt in Peru, IA 1870)
Hazen* (1980, North Dakota, grown for its resistance to fireblight)
Herrings Pippin (1908, England)
Hidden Rose (a red fleshed apple with little info, ours hasn’t fruited yet)
Holiday (1940 Ohio, sweet, crisp and juicy with a wine-like flavor)
Honeycrisp (yeah, that Honeycrisp, one of the best modern apples)
Honeygold* deer damage in 2010
Hoover* (mid 1800s South Carolina, dark red over yellow, firm, juicy and tasty. A good keeper)
Howgate Wonder* (1915 Isle of Wight, held the world record for largest apple – over 3 lbs!)
Hubbardston Nonesuch (early 1800s, Massachusetts, sweet, juicy, crisp, and fragrant.)
Hudsons Golden Gem (fine flavored, juicy, good sized russet apple, but an early bloomer)
Hunt Russet (known for keeping in a cellar over a year, rare old apple)
Huntsman (fast growing early producer – great Midwest apple 1800s)
Hurlbut* aka Hurlbut Sweet*
Idared (1942, Idaho, white, tinged green, crisp, fine-textured flesh with a pleasant vinous flavor)
Ingram* (1850s, Missouri, said to be a late bloomer and will miss late frost damage)
Itzstedter Apfel* (late 1800s Itzstedt, Germany, beautiful dessert apple)
Jakes Seedling* (we know little of this August apple as ours hasn’t fruited yet)
James Grieve* (1893, Scotland, good all around dual purpose apple)
Jefferis (have plenty – great backyard or pick-your-own tree as fruit ripens over several weeks)
Jersey Sweet* (we found listings for this apple in England and France but no history)
Jim Dandy* (no info)
Johnny Appleseed (a graft from the last surviving tree Johnny himself planted, a Rambo-type apple)
Jonagold (1943 New York)
Jonathan, Original* aka Philip Rick(1826, New York)
Jonathan, Disease Resistant
Jonathan, Red (a more highly colored sport (mutant) of Jonathan)
Judy*
Judy’s Favorite (western Kansas homestead apple)
Junaluska (1800s, NC, grown by a Cherokee Chief, thought lost but rediscovered in 2001)
Kanipe Redflesh*
Kansas Black
Kavanagh*
Kazakhstan seedlings (not available until 2012)
Keepsake* (most likely a good keeper)
Kerrys Irish Pippin* (1802, Ireland, firm, crisp slightly dry with a good aromatic flavor)
Keswick Codlin* (1793 England, somewhat soft all purpose apple)
Kidds Orange Red* (1924 New Zealand, yellow w/red stripes, crisp, juicy, sweet flesh with a rich flavor)
King David (1893 Arkansas, good for all uses, late bloomer and disease resistant)
Kingston Black (pre 1847, Somerset, England, produces a full-bodied single variety cider)
Kinnairds Choice (1855 Tennessee, yellow apple turns red on side towards sun, dessert)
Knobbed Russet* (introduced 1819 England, one ugly apple, resembles a potato)
Lady aka The Christmas Apple (dates back to Roman Empire, small, used in Christmas wreaths)
Lady Finger* (listed by Coxe in 1817, very elongated apple)
Lady's Sweeting* (1845 New York, very sweet late variety)
Langford* (no info known yet)
Late Strawberry* (1848 New York, medium sized, yellow with red splashes, juicy, crisp)
Lawver* aka Lawyer (confusing history – mid 1800s, good culinary apple that stores well)
Legace* (no info yet)
Liberty (best disease resistant apple – similar to Jonathan, great choice if growing organic)
Lincolnville Russet*
Lodi (1911 New York, this is my Grandma’s favorite applesauce apple, ripens July)
Lodi, spur type* (a more compact columnar version of Lodi, good for smaller areas)
Macfree (a disease resistant McIntosh type apple)
Macoun (1923 New York, gaining popularity recently, a crisper McIntosh type apple)
Maiden Blush (early 1800s NJ, listed by Coxe in 1817, good for cooking and drying)
Major* (cider)
Mammoth Black Twig
Maunzenapfel* (listed in England and France but little known)
May aka White Paradise or White Juneating (very early apple, good for applesauce)
Mays Apple* (rare variety with little info)
Mcintosh (1796 Ontario, the same one you still see in markets today)
McIntosh, Grandpa Greuel’s
McIntosh, Improved
McIntosh (spur type)*
McIntosh, Disease Resistant
McMahone White*
Medaille d'Or (early 1800s France, cider apple)
Melon* (1800 New York, crisp, fine, yellowish flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavor)
Michelin
Milam*
Milden*
Milo Gibson*
Minister Von Hammerstein*
Minkler*
Missouri Pippin (bears very young – old Midwest variety)
Monmouth Pippin*
Monstecuse d’evainoff* (we need to do more research on this variety)
Moore's Sweet*
Morgan Duft*
Mother* aka American Mother (1844 Massachusetts, an old classic American apple, great flavor)
Muscadet De Bernay*
Mutsu aka Crispin (1930s Japan, a Golden Delicious cross, great all purpose apple)
My Jewel*
New Brunswicker* aka Duchess of Oldenburg
Newt Grindle* (no info yet)
Newtosh*
Newtown Pippin aka Albermarle Pippin (pre 1759 Long Island, New York, first rate apple)
Nickajack many syns (an old Cherokee Indian apple)
Niedzwetzkyana Crab* (red fleshed popular apple)
Nodhead* aka Jewett Red (known in France)
Nonesuch* (there were many “Nonesuch” apples, this one hasn’t fruited yet)
Northern Spy (1800 New York, very popular large late season apple, excellent flavor)
Novaspy*
Nutting Bumpus* (great name, ours hasn’t fruited yet)
Opalescent (very fast growing)
Orange Sweet* (known in England and France, little other info)
Oriole (1914 Minnesota, soft, coarse flesh with sweet subacid flavor)
Orleans Reinette* (1776 France, dual purpose, fresh eating and cooking)
Ortley* aka Woolman’s Long Pippin, Cleopatra (1817 New Jersey, tender, juicy pleasant flavor)
Ozark Gold*
Paulared* (1960 Michigan)
Pewaukee* (mid 1800s Wisconsin a cross of Duchess and Northern Spy)
Pilot* (early 1800s Virginia)
Pink Pearl* (mid 1900s, an Albert Etter pink-fleshed apple)
Pink Princess*
Pionier* (dessert)
Pitmaston Pineapple (1785 England, tastes of pineapple and honey)
Polly Eades (late 1800s Kentucky, late blooming apple, large, rather tart)
Pomme d'Or* aka Golden Pippin
Pomme Gris (old possible Canadian variety)
Porter's Perfection
Potter*
Pound Sweet aka Pumpkin Sweet
Priestly* aka Bartlett, Bullet (described by Coxe 1817, excellent spicy apple, very abundant)
Prima* (1970) some disease resistance
Priscilla*
Pristine
Purpurroter Cousinot (Netherlands or Germany pre 1766)
Rambo (very early American introduction, known as Johnny Appleseed’s favorite)
Rawle's Janet (many syns – Genet, Geneteating – a very popular apple in the 1800s)
Red Blaze*
Red Hook*
Red St. Lawrence*
Redfree*
Reinette Jamin*
Reinette Simarenko* (1895 Russia, tender, crisp with a subacid flavor, a popular Reinette type)
Rhode Island Greening (1650 Rhode Island NY, this one will shock Granny Smith lovers)
Ribston Pippin (1707 England from French seed, some disease resistance and quite acidic)
Rolfe*
Rome* (1817 Ohio, popular large red apple)
Ross Nonpariel*
Roxbury Russet 1649 Massachusetts, many syns, a great American russet apple)
Rubinette*
Russell's Russet* (pre 1847 if this is “Russell’s”)
Saint Edmund's Pippin
Saint Lawrence*
Sam Young aka Irish Russet (an Irish russet apple brought to England in 1818)
Sansa*
Scarlet Surprise aka Bill’s Red Flesh (red on the inside!)
Scott Winter*
September Ruby*
Shay
Sheepnose aka Bullocks (pre 1817 New Jersey)
Sierra Beauty
Silken
Sir Isaac Newton’s apple*
Smokehouse*
Smoky Mountain Limbertwig (like all “limbertwigs” this trees has branches that droop down)
Snow aka Fameuse (very tender apple with extremely white flesh)
Somerset of Maine* (pre 1849 Maine USA)
Somerset Red Streak* (more popular in France and England than the US)
Sops of Wine aka Bell’s Favorite or Hominy (very old late summer English culinary apple)
Spartan* (1926 BC Canada, great northern apple)
Spencer*
Spice of Old Virginia (there is much confusion around this apple as “spice” was common)
Spigold
Spoon Creek Amish (unknown apple from an old Amish farmstead in KS)*
Starkey*
Statefair
Stayman Winesap (the most famous Kansas apple)
Stoke Red* (cider)
Striped Harvey*
Summer Banana
Summer Ladyfinger
Summer Rambo
Summer Sweet Paradise*
Surprise*
Swaar*
Sweet 16
Sweet Bough
Sweet Sal*
Sweet Yellow Crab
Switzer*
Tater House*
Tetofsky*
Tolman Sweet
Tompkins County King
Transparentes Des Cooncels*
Tremblett's Bitter*
Trent*
Tsugaru*
Twenty Ounce
Tydeman’s Late Orange
Tydeman's Red*
Utter*
Vandevere*
Virginia Gold
Wade*
Wagener
Waldhofler*
Wealthy*
Wefle Tardif*
Weiser Winter Tafelapfel*
Westfield Seek-No-Further
White Pearmain
White Pippin*
White Winter Pearmain*
Whitney Russet*
Wickson* (short supply – very popular cider apple)
Williams Favorite*
Williams Pride*
Winekist*
Winesap (original)*
Winter Banana
Wolf River 1881
Wynoche Early*
Yarlington Mill (plenty available)
Yates*
Yellow Bellflower*
Yellow Ingestrie*
Yellow Jay*
Yellow June*
Yellow Transparent*
York Imperial*
Zabergau Reinette*
PEAR (grafted on Bartlett or scion wood) asterisks mean limited supply
Ayers
Bartlett
Bosc*
Burford*
Comice (high quality dessert pear)
F. McFarland Homestead* (unknown 100+ year old variety)
Four Corners Homestead*
Harrows Delight*
Haunted House Pear* (unknown homestead pear)
Jeanne d'Arc*
Kiefer
Madison Gardner Pear 01*
Madison Gardner Pear 02*
Magness*
Moonglow
Olathe Lake Pear (unknown homestead pear)*
Olympic Asian*
Rescue*
Seckel*
Warden Seckel*
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Gathering scions
How to gather apple or pear scion wood for custom grafting:
If you have an old homestead tree that you would like to save – here’s your first steps.
Scion wood should be gathered after tree has gone dormant (late fall or winter) and before buds begin to break in spring.
You’ll need:
Pruners or sharp knife
Gallon sized sealable polyethylene bag
Damp paper towels
Rubbing alcohol (if gathering from multiple trees)
Masking tape
Black permanent marker
Go to the apple or pear tree you wish to propagate and use your pruners to cut approx 10” to 12” lengths of last years growth. Ideally these should have a diameter of 1/4 inch. Make sure the cuttings have several buds and they are well developed.
If you are cutting from more than one tree - rub some alcohol on your pruners or knife’s blade between cuts.
If you are gathering multiple varieties make sure to stop and add 6” of tape around your scion and label it before moving on.
Place the scions in a polyethylene bag with a few damp (but not dripping wet) paper towels and seal it closed.
Store the plastic bag above freezing (bottom of frig) until you ship to us. We like to use the envelopes with built-in bubble wrapping for shipment.
We will do custom bench graft at $9 each with a 7 tree minimum (all taxes and shipping included)
Please email us your request to wagonwheelmail@aol.com before you ship your scions then mail cuttings and a check for your total order to:
Wagon Wheel Orchard
15380 Edgerton Rd
Gardner KS 66030
We will graft apples on M111 and pears on Old Home (both semi-dwarf) unless you make a special bulk order.
If you have an old homestead tree that you would like to save – here’s your first steps.
Scion wood should be gathered after tree has gone dormant (late fall or winter) and before buds begin to break in spring.
You’ll need:
Pruners or sharp knife
Gallon sized sealable polyethylene bag
Damp paper towels
Rubbing alcohol (if gathering from multiple trees)
Masking tape
Black permanent marker
Go to the apple or pear tree you wish to propagate and use your pruners to cut approx 10” to 12” lengths of last years growth. Ideally these should have a diameter of 1/4 inch. Make sure the cuttings have several buds and they are well developed.
If you are cutting from more than one tree - rub some alcohol on your pruners or knife’s blade between cuts.
If you are gathering multiple varieties make sure to stop and add 6” of tape around your scion and label it before moving on.
Place the scions in a polyethylene bag with a few damp (but not dripping wet) paper towels and seal it closed.
Store the plastic bag above freezing (bottom of frig) until you ship to us. We like to use the envelopes with built-in bubble wrapping for shipment.
We will do custom bench graft at $9 each with a 7 tree minimum (all taxes and shipping included)
Please email us your request to wagonwheelmail@aol.com before you ship your scions then mail cuttings and a check for your total order to:
Wagon Wheel Orchard
15380 Edgerton Rd
Gardner KS 66030
We will graft apples on M111 and pears on Old Home (both semi-dwarf) unless you make a special bulk order.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Why...?
A few questions have come up over the weekend and we hope this message helps you understand why we operate the way we do!
We are a you-pick orchard unlike any other in the world. We have over 1,500 trees of over 500 varieties of fruit that are harvestable from July through early November. We average 3 trees of any particular variety. This means that we don't necessarily have a large volume of any one variety that is available to be picked at any one time. There may be times where several varieties are ready to be harvested at the same time. Other times, there may not be any fruit ready for picking.
We determine how many hours we are open based on the availability of the harvestable fruit. The more fruit, the longer we stay open and/or the more days we are able to offer picking. There have been times where we are open for just one hour or eight hours. Again, it all depends on how much fruit is available to pick. There are also times were we may plan on being open for 4 hours and the night before we are hit with a bad storm and horrible winds that will drop the ripe fruit. We may have to close unexpectedly or reduce the hours we had planned to be open because of the damage to our supply. We have also had all of our peaches consumed by a heard of deer the night before we planned to be open for a big peach weekend and had to unexpectedly close for the weekend as there was nothing to pick. This is a very difficult business to be in as we can control neither the supply or the demand. We manage it the best we can.
We post on our picking report to the right that our hours are what they are or until picked out. This is because we cannot control how many apples each visitor picks while on our property, nor can we make more fruit available for picking. We are at the beck and call of Mother Nature and the trees. As a result, we may have to close early because there is no more fruit to pick. Unlike a retail store that has stock in the back room, when a tree runs out of fruit, we cannot "restock the shelves." Nor can we offer a "raincheck" because that tree will not produce more fruit in the current season.
If we plan on being open certain hours, and we have to hang the closed sign and place the Picked Out sign, it is because the harvestable apples are running low as they would all be picked by the visitors on the property at that time. However, we will have a conversation with anyone who pulls into the driveway after those signs are placed until we were scheduled to close to either allow them to visit the property and see the animals or to give them directions to other area orchards. We will not turn anyone away without the information they needed to make their experience a pleasant one. Everyone is always pleased with our willingness to direct them to other places where they can experience apple picking with their family if there is no more fruit to pick here or our willingness to let them remain on our property to experience the land and the animals and the pond and the maze as long as they are here and to come back another time for the fruit.
The volume of people here on Saturday 09/18/10 was not typical. We have learned that we were featured in an article that ran in several publications in Lawrence and Shawnee and a television spot that ran over the weekend as well as at least 5 magazines that we were unaware of until our visitors shared this with us. Many publications and news organizations get their information from the internet and do not ask our permission prior to publishing. There is nothing we can do about this since it is public information. It certainly does add to the volume of visitors. If you wish to avoid this crowd, you may certainly make an appointment to pick with your family anytime there is availability of fruit. This is clearly stated at the beginning of the picking report to the right as well! We do our best to accommodate as many people's schedules as possible in addition to opening to the public who wish to come at the times we can open to the public.
If you wonder why we do things the way we do, please let us know and we will post the answer here!
We are a you-pick orchard unlike any other in the world. We have over 1,500 trees of over 500 varieties of fruit that are harvestable from July through early November. We average 3 trees of any particular variety. This means that we don't necessarily have a large volume of any one variety that is available to be picked at any one time. There may be times where several varieties are ready to be harvested at the same time. Other times, there may not be any fruit ready for picking.
We determine how many hours we are open based on the availability of the harvestable fruit. The more fruit, the longer we stay open and/or the more days we are able to offer picking. There have been times where we are open for just one hour or eight hours. Again, it all depends on how much fruit is available to pick. There are also times were we may plan on being open for 4 hours and the night before we are hit with a bad storm and horrible winds that will drop the ripe fruit. We may have to close unexpectedly or reduce the hours we had planned to be open because of the damage to our supply. We have also had all of our peaches consumed by a heard of deer the night before we planned to be open for a big peach weekend and had to unexpectedly close for the weekend as there was nothing to pick. This is a very difficult business to be in as we can control neither the supply or the demand. We manage it the best we can.
We post on our picking report to the right that our hours are what they are or until picked out. This is because we cannot control how many apples each visitor picks while on our property, nor can we make more fruit available for picking. We are at the beck and call of Mother Nature and the trees. As a result, we may have to close early because there is no more fruit to pick. Unlike a retail store that has stock in the back room, when a tree runs out of fruit, we cannot "restock the shelves." Nor can we offer a "raincheck" because that tree will not produce more fruit in the current season.
If we plan on being open certain hours, and we have to hang the closed sign and place the Picked Out sign, it is because the harvestable apples are running low as they would all be picked by the visitors on the property at that time. However, we will have a conversation with anyone who pulls into the driveway after those signs are placed until we were scheduled to close to either allow them to visit the property and see the animals or to give them directions to other area orchards. We will not turn anyone away without the information they needed to make their experience a pleasant one. Everyone is always pleased with our willingness to direct them to other places where they can experience apple picking with their family if there is no more fruit to pick here or our willingness to let them remain on our property to experience the land and the animals and the pond and the maze as long as they are here and to come back another time for the fruit.
The volume of people here on Saturday 09/18/10 was not typical. We have learned that we were featured in an article that ran in several publications in Lawrence and Shawnee and a television spot that ran over the weekend as well as at least 5 magazines that we were unaware of until our visitors shared this with us. Many publications and news organizations get their information from the internet and do not ask our permission prior to publishing. There is nothing we can do about this since it is public information. It certainly does add to the volume of visitors. If you wish to avoid this crowd, you may certainly make an appointment to pick with your family anytime there is availability of fruit. This is clearly stated at the beginning of the picking report to the right as well! We do our best to accommodate as many people's schedules as possible in addition to opening to the public who wish to come at the times we can open to the public.
If you wonder why we do things the way we do, please let us know and we will post the answer here!
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