Congratulations on your new property ! How exciting with all that great fruit! Everything looks so nice and green up your way, compared to here in Oregon's Willamette Valley. It looks like you have some of the long-time traditional varieties of fruit here in the Pacific Northwest. That first apple looks like a Gravenstein. They are an early apple (it's now the season for them all to drop off) and they get that light vertical red pattern over an overall green background. Mine have mostly finished now. The trees often have a biennial cycle with an amazing cop of great fruit one year, and then less fruit and smaller fruit the next year, unless you really prune to manage that (I don't because even a semi-dwarf in an off year makes a lot of Gravenstein). Your first pears at 7:03 looks like a Bartlett, or at least in the Bartlett group; mine are ripening now. They should get soft like butter when they are ripe - so nice! The second one at 7:35 is a Bosc. Harvest those before they get soft and they will keep for months in boxes in a cold dry area outdoors or in a refigerator, so you can bring out a few at a time to ripen and get soft. If you let them ripen on the tree, they get more mealy and don't keep very long. I harvest mine in late September/early October and keep eating them through the rest of the year. For any of your apples or pears, slice them in half and check if the seeds are brown. If so, they are ripe. Their seasons can be so variable, depending on the variety! I have both pears and apples that I've harversted in June and others in November, and all months in between, depending on the variety. With all those apples and pears, you might be able to trade them in at a brewery/cider maker, for some finished cider (Eugene CiderWorks does that here in Oregon). You may have a Gleaners group near you; they will do the picking, so that's handy if you are pressed for time. Or make a lot of applesauce and pear sauce, Or get a dozen dehydrators and stock on dried fruit for 5-10 years! ; ) I still have a few over-ripe Shiro hanging on my tree (it's a large tree too, lol, so the birds get the last of them). The ones on your tree are round enough to be Shiros, but very ripe/over-ripe. They are an Asian plum, so the fruit clings to the seed, and they are super juicy! The Golden Drop gets ripe later, and it's a European plum, so it's a freestone, with the pit separating easily from the fruit. And it's a meaty prune-style plum. So you can check pretty easy which it is, or not. Shiro is such a traditional PNW variety, so reliable from year to year and a great shade tree to sit under and stay cool when it's hot! For your cherry, I'd say prune every trunk way back and let new growth come out sideways and keep those pruned so you can cover the branches from the birds. I can see a young branch facing you, growing from the main trunk nearest your camera, so the tree should respond well with new growth. And if it doesn't, well, you were going to cut it out anyway. I hope you see a good variety of wild mushrooms on your new place, too! And good luck getting those blackberries under control!
Thank you very much for the feedback. This plum variety must be an Asian type because it's definitely not a freestone. Some of the fruits were more elongated than the ones in the video. The shape seems to vary a bit. Perhaps it is a shiro though. Just picked one of each apple and pear today and will be checking the seeds for ripeness as well as doing a little taste test. Gravenstein seems to be the most suggested for the first one. Our neighbor has one so going to see if I can get one from his tree to compare.
There are 2 brown varieties of pear that I know of. One is Bosc, as you mentioned, and the second is Conference. They’re easy to tell apart though, because Bosc pear stays rather hard and crispy when fully ripe, while Conference completely melts in your mouth at that point. So you just have to wait and see! Congratulations on the new property and all the bounty it has!
Looks like that variety is a freestone type of plum. I forgot to mention that it must be an Asian type because the seed sticks to the flesh so it's not a European plum that is freestone like the Reine Claude d'Oullins.
Nice looking property! That 2nd apple variety almost look like plums hehe. So many blackberries 🤤And lol at the raised beds. If you hadn't mentioned them I probably wouldn't have seen them 😄You could make some apple and pear cider and probably even plum wine 🤔Will be fun/interesting to see the "after" shot of the raised beds!
Plum wine/mead is definitely in the plan for next year! Yah definitely need to do some before/after of the beds. not sure when we'll start tackling those. They are very short beds. Might need to make them taller. Not sure I'd even call them raised beds. They are basically in ground beds with a small border. :D
My advice is to have the property for a year before making any irreversible or big decisions if they aren't absolutely necessary. While the cherry tree threatens the shed/building, the fruit is picked by the birds before you can get it, and the branches are too high to easily pick, you might decide that the tree adds to the tranquility of your property, provides shade or habitat for wildlife, or just adds character to the property. If the building isn't immediately threatened by it (it probably isn't, since this building has survived the last 5+ years with the tree in likely the same condition as it is now), you can defer that decision to next year.
Thanks for the advice. Though we are pretty set on removing it. There's lots of trees on the property for the wildlife. We'll wait until winter though after the leaves have fallen. We're also concerned with the roots damaging the foundation of the building as well.
Congratulations on your new property ! How exciting with all that great fruit! Everything looks so nice and green up your way, compared to here in Oregon's Willamette Valley. It looks like you have some of the long-time traditional varieties of fruit here in the Pacific Northwest.
That first apple looks like a Gravenstein. They are an early apple (it's now the season for them all to drop off) and they get that light vertical red pattern over an overall green background. Mine have mostly finished now. The trees often have a biennial cycle with an amazing cop of great fruit one year, and then less fruit and smaller fruit the next year, unless you really prune to manage that (I don't because even a semi-dwarf in an off year makes a lot of Gravenstein).
Your first pears at 7:03 looks like a Bartlett, or at least in the Bartlett group; mine are ripening now. They should get soft like butter when they are ripe - so nice! The second one at 7:35 is a Bosc. Harvest those before they get soft and they will keep for months in boxes in a cold dry area outdoors or in a refigerator, so you can bring out a few at a time to ripen and get soft. If you let them ripen on the tree, they get more mealy and don't keep very long. I harvest mine in late September/early October and keep eating them through the rest of the year.
For any of your apples or pears, slice them in half and check if the seeds are brown. If so, they are ripe. Their seasons can be so variable, depending on the variety! I have both pears and apples that I've harversted in June and others in November, and all months in between, depending on the variety.
With all those apples and pears, you might be able to trade them in at a brewery/cider maker, for some finished cider (Eugene CiderWorks does that here in Oregon). You may have a Gleaners group near you; they will do the picking, so that's handy if you are pressed for time. Or make a lot of applesauce and pear sauce, Or get a dozen dehydrators and stock on dried fruit for 5-10 years! ; )
I still have a few over-ripe Shiro hanging on my tree (it's a large tree too, lol, so the birds get the last of them). The ones on your tree are round enough to be Shiros, but very ripe/over-ripe. They are an Asian plum, so the fruit clings to the seed, and they are super juicy! The Golden Drop gets ripe later, and it's a European plum, so it's a freestone, with the pit separating easily from the fruit. And it's a meaty prune-style plum. So you can check pretty easy which it is, or not. Shiro is such a traditional PNW variety, so reliable from year to year and a great shade tree to sit under and stay cool when it's hot!
For your cherry, I'd say prune every trunk way back and let new growth come out sideways and keep those pruned so you can cover the branches from the birds. I can see a young branch facing you, growing from the main trunk nearest your camera, so the tree should respond well with new growth. And if it doesn't, well, you were going to cut it out anyway.
I hope you see a good variety of wild mushrooms on your new place, too! And good luck getting those blackberries under control!
Thank you very much for the feedback. This plum variety must be an Asian type because it's definitely not a freestone. Some of the fruits were more elongated than the ones in the video. The shape seems to vary a bit. Perhaps it is a shiro though.
Just picked one of each apple and pear today and will be checking the seeds for ripeness as well as doing a little taste test. Gravenstein seems to be the most suggested for the first one. Our neighbor has one so going to see if I can get one from his tree to compare.
There are 2 brown varieties of pear that I know of. One is Bosc, as you mentioned, and the second is Conference. They’re easy to tell apart though, because Bosc pear stays rather hard and crispy when fully ripe, while Conference completely melts in your mouth at that point. So you just have to wait and see! Congratulations on the new property and all the bounty it has!
Oh thanks for the pear info. I hadn't come across Conference. Hopefully they will ripen up before too long.
Bosc pears are so good. I love them when they're still a bit green and crispy. They sweeten and soften up when fully ripe like other pears.
I have a feeling it is probably a bosc. We picked a good size one today so will be trying it soon.
wow, congrats good luck with the rehabilitation, you are the right person for the job
Thank you! Hopefully we can whip the trees back into shape.
So happy for you guys! 🎉
Thank you. :)
Your plum looks like Reine Claude d'Oullins. Nice old trees !
Looks like that variety is a freestone type of plum. I forgot to mention that it must be an Asian type because the seed sticks to the flesh so it's not a European plum that is freestone like the Reine Claude d'Oullins.
Nice looking property! That 2nd apple variety almost look like plums hehe. So many blackberries 🤤And lol at the raised beds. If you hadn't mentioned them I probably wouldn't have seen them 😄You could make some apple and pear cider and probably even plum wine 🤔Will be fun/interesting to see the "after" shot of the raised beds!
Plum wine/mead is definitely in the plan for next year! Yah definitely need to do some before/after of the beds. not sure when we'll start tackling those. They are very short beds. Might need to make them taller. Not sure I'd even call them raised beds. They are basically in ground beds with a small border. :D
@@gapey Haha well I guess it depends what kind of soil there is. You might not need them to be too raised if it is good soil in the ground 🤔
Soil here is pretty decent I think. Will have to check it out when we work on the beds.
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My advice is to have the property for a year before making any irreversible or big decisions if they aren't absolutely necessary. While the cherry tree threatens the shed/building, the fruit is picked by the birds before you can get it, and the branches are too high to easily pick, you might decide that the tree adds to the tranquility of your property, provides shade or habitat for wildlife, or just adds character to the property. If the building isn't immediately threatened by it (it probably isn't, since this building has survived the last 5+ years with the tree in likely the same condition as it is now), you can defer that decision to next year.
Thanks for the advice. Though we are pretty set on removing it. There's lots of trees on the property for the wildlife. We'll wait until winter though after the leaves have fallen. We're also concerned with the roots damaging the foundation of the building as well.
Do you live in an area with morels? Our neighbor has a transparent apple tree. It makes for the best applesauce.
I've only seen one morel on our other property and it was a few years ago. Maybe we'll see more over there.
Every morel I have found so far has been under apple trees that have been abandoned.
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