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We are off to a good start this year, and because of the cooler spring/early summer temperatures, fire blight doesn’t seem to have made an impact in the orchard as of yet, compared to this time last year. As a result, we are able to focus on proactively training the young Ruby Mcintosh trees that were planted last year, as well as other proactive maintenance measures throughout the mature rows. We did, however, have some frost impact (+/- 20%) to our “King Blossoms” from the dropping of temperatures in mid April. With continued favorable growing conditions and proactive management in the orchard, we are hopeful we could have a good quality driven year.

Every fruiting spur on an apple tree produces a cluster of six buds; five centered around a central blossom known as the King Blossom. This blossom is the first to open and pollination of it is key in ensuring good fruit set. The fruit of the king blossom is often larger than the others in the cluster and is selected at thinning time if one is thinning by hand.

“Last fall, our manager, Kendall Mouw met with the production team of American Dream Network to share the history of our orchard and about what’s happening today! Skip to 6:19 (6 minutes and 19 seconds) to see our segment.
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