Backstrap: Double Post today! Slice it to a 1/4'' thick bread with some flour and season it to your liking. I just got done eating it, always a favorite with the kids and me alike!
I smoked one last month. Phenomenal I cook them the same way, but sliced an inch thick and cooked medium rare. My kids call them steak fingers. 😊 Best eating ever! Love back straps. well if you can cook as well as you grow trees it must be good Cook no more than 90 seconds. What is this? I’m ready
Arkansas Black: It doesn't take much of looking at this apple to see where the name came from! This picture is from today and I have Arkansas Black grafted on B-118, M-111 and Dolgo Seedling. Arkansas Black is not a fast growing fruit tree; However, it does do much better when grafted onto Dolgo roots. It's not a tree you want to plant in poor soil but it is a tree that is hard to beat! The tree is annual producing and makes a great tasting clean apple when you pull one of the trees in late October. I like this tree because it is consistent, it's clean, it really doesn't drop an apple until about November 1st and does the job of bringing me in some deer at a time when most soft mast is gone here in Pa. This particular tree in the picture is about 5 years old as I said it's not a fast grower but good things are worth waiting for. I keep continuing to add a few more of this tree every year. This tree could also use a good pruning. I like a strong central leader and right now this tree doesn't have that.
I planted 3 this year. How long would you expect them to take to produce when annual pruning, spraying and/or fertilizing? I added a couple of these to my farm in 5b seem to do pretty good
October Crab: I'm sure I have posted about this tree before and it is one cultivar that I added a lot of this past year to many of my properties. I know I have talked about my properties in the past. They are all small 5 to 12 acres and there are 4 of them. With small property you will need some type of advantage as you need to bring the deer to you because you can’t just go to the deer, October Crab does just that. If you have a big property and are not planting, well then let's hope your neighbor isn't me. The reason I added so many October Crabs this past year is evident in the pictures you are looking at taken today of the original tree. The original tree is growing on a property with a 1,000 wild apples and crabs growing on it. To this date, I have only brought one of them into Blue Hill and began grafting it. That one tree is October Crab. Here in mid September, October Crab is turning red but still pretty green. They won't begin falling until about the 1st week in October and will continue through our 7 week bow season here in pennsylvania. This tree has never been sprayed in its life and the tree remains pretty clean. The fruit is sweet and good in October. You may look at them and think well they are no bigger than a quarter! How big is an acorn? The size of a quarter? Yes, this however is much more palatable and attractive to a whitetail deer. You can see from the pictures there's a 100,000 apples hanging on this tree. Thats is a lot of time released food! This is October Crab! bluehillwildlifenursery.com/product/october-crab-deers-favorite/
This is an October Crab that I bench grafted on some Dolgo rootstock about 16 months ago and planted. This tree loves the dolgo roots and is about 12' high on 9 different leaders of growth just from this year. Don't grow your trees like this I did this for scion wood. How well do they do in the south? I've never had luck with apples or crabs on my property. Its in south central Alabama I’m not crazy about doing this because it means I will have to be a little sharper at watching for sales notice to begin.
Here is a little insight, to catch Sales opener, either keep up with Facebook posts daily or go to website, pick a variety of tree then pick a size and you will see where you can put your email to get an alert. Very excited to get some of these and your other trees into the ground next spring. Our deer aren’t going to know what to do once all this fruit starts hitting the ground! How old would a tree of this size be? Love the way that tree looks Out of stock so why advertise it
Grafts are healed well on the persimmons. The diameter is very nice! Diameter equals roots.
When would we order trees for a spring delivery. Or do you have a spring order form. How soon will we be able to pick up? Where'd you get that gauge? Pretty nifty.
I snapped a few pictures mainly through the apple n crab cultivars as I was grading them. I used a yard stick this time for the Pics. The growing season was good for these 4 month old grafts that were no higher than my shoe a short time ago. I added a smaller grade tree to the website. I will cover this in more detail in tomorrow's post.
Good looking trees Ryan. I sure hope I can get some before they sell out this year. I'm just discovering your orchard and I look forward to ordering some trees once they are available later this month. Is there a way that I could estimate shipping for roughly 10 or less trees to 48855? I looked on the website for an estimator but I didn't see one. I could've missed it. Thanks When are trees going on sale? Sorry to bug you just don't wanna miss out. Also do you or could you sale grafting wood (scion) Wow! Mine were 3-4 ft tall when I got them and are only this tall now! I may need some advice! Lol Do you have any info to help a newbie with site selection? Tri-state area of Ohio, KY, Indiana? Do you take any stock in this diagram? Good looking trees Wow! Mob Dringo you need these for the field Looking very healthy! Great looking trees!
Well, time is getting thin. My goal is to post a tree a day until the trees go for sale (I'm thinking the 23rd). It's much easier to take a fresh picture of something and have you be able to visualize it on your property. Maybe I will write something different about it that's not on www.bluehillwildlifenursery.com. Today the tree is Deer Candy persimmons. As you google "Deer Candy Persimmon" you will find many different things. The tree I am writing about is from the late Jerry Lehman and can be seen in these pictures from today. There are variations out there but I'm writing about this (cultivar) grafted tree and showing you what you get from Blue Hill. I was fortunate to have many conversations with Jerry before he passed. His efforts helped many of us, mostly outside of the whitetail world but he did some great things for us in making some very cool persimmons for wildlife. This is Deer Candy starting to ripen here in central Pennsylvania. By about october 1st this fruit will beginning to fully ripen and starting to fall. It's a nice sized persimmon, as sweet as it can get and has never missed a year in production! This tree is as the name states Deer Candy! I may have thrown a pic in there with a little Sweet Advent pear™ in the background but I couldn't help it!
Do you know what time you are planning on opening sales on the 23 How old is the sweet advent in the back ground? Curious as to a size comparison for mine lol Damn dude you're killing me! Stop with your sexy pictures! Looking forward to the sale! Just wondering what you think the drop time would be for North Alabama. Bottom of zone 8, top of zone 9... Can't wait to order! Can’t wait until my orchard is dumping mast for these swamp donkeys! Always great trees. 👍
Liberty Apple: This tree has not shed an apple just yet but the time is coming here in a few weeks and will continue into October here in Central pennsylvania. This tree is not a late one but it is a solid one! Liberty never seems to fail in producing abundant fruit. This tree is 5 years old and has what I would call a sustainable crop. Liberty is producing enough apples to keep the deer checking for drops. I have a few of these in this orchard and wouldn't plant an orchard without a few in it. It's consistent and clean even though this tree has never been sprayed.
Everything says out of stock.When will your stock replenish?Would love to order some trees What county amd do you ha e potted tree for purchase
Big Dog: These pictures almost say it all! Big Dog is a late cold hardy Crab and a very productive disease free one! This tree has not been sprayed and is cleaner than the famed Liberty apple. Having fruit falling in late October into November and continuing into the winter months is key. Many properties around you just won't have soft masts falling at those times. When you do well, it creates something pretty special if you're into seeing a lot of deer coming to a particular location. I created a lot of this tree this year. I will definitely be keeping and planting a few more Big Dogs myself!
We can all thank Art Reuck that posted above for making this tree possible for all of us to be able to plant. Without is work and generosity this tree would not be possible. Big Dog has survived -42. It has fed deer through much of the winter and I feel it can be valuable for winter survival of the deer herd.
Minnesota Rackstars Joe Kahl Travis Kahl Shelly Boser Brad Juaire Steve Kahl Peter Oldakowski Valora Stangl Brian Cairns Danny Cairns Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery, LLC when will these and chestnut crab be in stock? You're killing me with these pictures! Lol Looks like I’ll be clearing more space in my soft mast plot! Trees like this are why I keep expanding the food plots!! Michael Mixell That's a beautiful tree
Chestnut Crab: A September crab that is quite possibly the best eating apple that there is. Chestnut Crab is the type of tree where you plant two for you in the backyard and more for the deer if you're looking for that September drop with a few continuing to hang on the tree into October. The tree is about as disease free as it can get and one of the best apples you will ever eat!
Chestnut crab is great. I have two in my yard, small but tasty. Only thing that bothers it are Japanese beetles With these dropping in September in PA, do you think they would drop earlier in Arkansas? Or would there still he some on the tree in late September/early October? Look at those beauties...
A Turning Point picture from this morning! A look at this picture says a lot of things for me. Notice how there are 2'' crabs hanging all the way down to the tip? Productive is an understatement for this tree! This tree just weep with years and years of fruit production. I have been fortunate to be able to see this tree for 3 years now and it just doesn't disappoint. These will turn yellow and sweet in late October and begin falling at that time. The tree just produces so much fruit that the continuation of fruit falling happens over a very long period. This tree just produces such a sustainable amount of fruit. That it is falling and attracting deer from late October well into the winter. The tree itself is disease free and is clean in this no spray situation, with heavy CAR and many other common apple tree diseases heavily prevalent in the area. We grafted a lot of this tree this year and it is one that should make it to your list! If you click on a tree that is out of stock, select a size it will ask you to sign up for an email notification below. Late Season Apple - Turning Point™ Crab - Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery
Will there be a time when you offer scion? Looks amazing. What zone is it rated for? I'm in zone 3 in the U.P. of Michigan I planted a turning point this spring ....How many years does it take for them to start producing fruit ? I need at least three of these Probably should but 5 more of these for my property lol Matthew Trehcab Mike Fink Jonathan Johnson Jeff Stambaugh Michael Ousley
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