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This grafted crabapple is very cold hardy and productive. It produces a very large 2” AppleCrab that tastes very close to a Dolgo crabapple. This crabapple will be dropping free from the tree from October through winter, and will even keep a few apples on into March. The Buckman Crab produced heavily following a winter that had a low of - 41 degrees. This late dropping crabapple as shown good resistance to apple scab, powdery mildew, fireblight and especially cedar apple rust in a no spray situation. Mature height will be 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 3-6. For a video of the Buckman Crabapple click here.
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A grafted crabapple that is a commercial variety, widely grown as an ornamental tree, has made its way into wildlife plantings for a good reason. This tree produces a 1"- 1 1/2" sweet edible crabapple that holds tight to the tree and drops free as colder weather sets in, typically in October/November for me in the Northeast. You may say one inch sounds small, but think about how many 1" acorns a deer can eat. Now, picture them being a sweet, soft mast. Attractive to deer? Yes! This tree produces consistent annual crops of crabapples. Like most Crabapples, they persist on the tree, but as they mature, it casts a lot of fruit to the ground. Callaway has good resistance to almost all common apple tree diseases except that it only has moderate resistance to Cedar apple rust and quince rust in a no-spray situation. Enough disease resistance to make it a tree you should plant if looking to feed wildlife late in the year! If I were in plant Hardiness zones 4b-8, I would not have an orchard without a couple. This tree will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 4b-8
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Candy Crab™ is a 2" apple crab or an apple with a complex flavor and finishes with a delightful sweetness. Once you eat one, you will want more of these delicious fruits because of their crisp and exciting flavor. I would describe it as a celebration inside your mouth. I have tasted loads of wild apples and domesticated apples in my travels but never one such as this. The fruit belongs in a grocery store not being planted for deer. It is the best apple I have ever had the pleasure to eat. In my pictures, this crab is heavily loaded every year, yet it still has a nice size to it.
This apple crab is also a product of natural selection by nature that has never been sprayed and is growing wild in North Western Pennsylvania in plant hardiness zone 5a. This tree fully ripens and is a heavy producer. It begins to drop about October 1st and continues to do so well into late November with a constant steady pace here in Pennsylvania.
Candy Crab™ is among a few 1,000 wild crabs growing within the same vicinity yet is exhibiting no signs of C.A.R, Scab, Powdery Mildew, or Fireblight here in the Northeast present in this area. During the polar vortex of 1994, Candy Crab would have experienced temperatures typically seen in plant hardiness zone 4a. Yet, it is still standing here today, making this crab very suitable for zone 4b and maybe even below.
The name Candy Crab™ fits this new cultivar perfectly, and I see it being sold well beyond the use for wildlife. If you like to eat apples, you would be crazy not to have a Candy Crab™ planted behind the house or on the way to your stand. Mature height will be 20+. Plant Hardiness zones 4b -7.
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This Grafted apple tree is quite possibly the heaviest producing and latest hanging standard apple available anywhere today! Even after many freeze/thaw cycles through mid-February, these apples in the picture aren’t rotten and were obviously receiving a lot of attention from the local deer herd! Fruit on the ground in late winter…..invaluable! Diseases and insect pests show no sign of affecting the huge production of this tree. In fact, the Canisteo apple tree produces so much fruit that in January it’s hard to even see the wood on the branches. Canisteo apple trees begin dropping in January and continue into March. I have seen some cedar apple rust on Canisteo in a no spray orchard. I have seen no blight or Apple Scab on Canisteo and this picture is from a tree that has never been sprayed. This tree will reach a mature height of 20'+ Hardiness zones 5-8.
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This grafted Chestnut crabapple tree produces a 2’’ apple that is very good for fresh eating, ripens in early September, with a few apples persisting on the tree into October. This tree is a favorite for eating out of hand to many that have planted it. Chestnut crabapple trees have excellent disease resistance to common apple tree diseases. In a no spray situation I have seen great resistance to apple scab, cedar apple rust, powdery mildew and fireblight. This tree is annually productive with heavy crops and is very cold hardy down to Zone 3. Chestnut Crab will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 3 - 8.
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Cobbler Crab™ is a new cultivar. This grafted tree produces an applecrab over 2'' in diameter, annually and heavily. The fruit is crisp, sweet with a touch of tartness which will mellow after time in storage or on the ground. Cobbler Crab™ keeps very well and may belong in your personal orchard as much as it does in your wildlife orchard. The vigor of Cobbler Crab™ is exceptional! The tree grows very fast when grafted onto Dolgo roots.
The fruit begins dropping in early October continuing into December and in some years has been found to still be holding and dropping 20% into January. While being surrounded by 1,000's of other wild apple trees, Cobbler Crab™ has shown resistance to Apple Scab, C.A.R, Fireblight and Powdery Mildew while other apple trees in the area are showing or have shown signs of these diseases here in the northeast. The tree originates from North Western Pennsylvania in hardiness zone 5a but has experienced winter lows of -24 in its life equivalent to those experienced in plant hardiness zone 4. Making this tree suitable for plant hardiness zones 4b - 7.
Maturity height 20'+.
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This grafted female is a persimmon from Jerry Lehman’s collection and breeding efforts in Central Indiana. He named this tree deer candy for one reason. With 1,000+ persimmons produced on his property, this is the one that the deer are attracted to the most! Deer Candy drops from the 1st week in October through into November. It has large 2’’ sweet persimmons that fully ripen in central Pennsylvania. Deer candy is very precocious and begins bearing fruit very young. This tree will reach a mature height of 60'-80'. Suitable for Plant hardiness zones 5-9.
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This red clover mix was discovered as an experimental planting on my farm. I planted this new mix next to white clovers (which are commonly found in food plot mixes) and a soybean plot. I noticed greater deer browse in this mix than any of the other clovers. In fact this plots attractiveness was comparable to the soybeans, but able to handle much greater browsing pressure. For this reason I've named this deer forage clover formula "Main Attraction". This will provide an attractiveness comparable to soybeans, with more versatility and much easier to plant. Main Attraction has the capability to reach 3' in height, but the deer keep this plot mowed. I recommend this product be planted in the fall, but can also be frost seeded or spring seeded on a firm prepared seed bed. This mix also contains 6% chicory.
This bag contains 14lbs and plants 1 acre.
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This is a grafted female persimmon named Deer Luscious™ that is self-fruitful, producing heavily without a male pollinator. The fruit is seedless without a pollinator. This original tree is well over 100 years old and growing out of the native range for American Persimmons in north-central Pennsylvania. This tree produces very sweet 2" sweet persimmons, dropping its fruit free from the tree beginning in mid-September and continuing to drop well into December. Deer Luscious™ produced abundantly after easily tolerating a temperature of -10 degrees after the polar vortex of 2019. The original tree has thrived during lows to -30 degrees multiple times throughout its lifetime. If you want to plant persimmon trees for deer in the north, this is easily one of my top choices, as it will ripen in time. From a culinary standpoint, this fruit has no black specks in the flesh and is very large, and the taste is very sweet and, above most all, American persimmons. The tree will flower and fruit soon after planting as it is very precocious but usually will abort fruit as most persimmons do and put its efforts into establishing wood, but will begin retaining fruit around year three or four and compound in production year after year. The mature height will be 80'+ and suitable for plant hardiness zones 4b-9.
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This grafted female is self fruitful and from Jerry Lehman’s collection that originated in Central Indiana. It was chosen for its ability to hold the persimmons on the tree longer. Deer Magnet typically does not begin dropping until around December 1st, as the freezing weather of winter moves in. It’s sweet 1 ½” persimmons that ripens on the tree and has a very sweet taste as they hit the ground in November and continue into December here in the North East. This very late dropping persimmons are great for some late season hunting and will begin producing in as little as 3 years. Mature height 60' to 80'. Plant Hardiness zone hardiness zones 5-9.
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This grafted crabapple has excellent disease resistance and is cold hardy down to Zone 3. It produces a slightly tart/spice apple that is very good tasting and is 1''- 1 ½” in size. Dolgo crabapple is very precocious and will bear fruit at a very young age. This Dolgo Crabapple begins dropping a few apples in late August and continues through September, and has some hanging in through October. Dolgo shows extreme vigor when grafted back onto a seedling itself. I have seen resistance to all common apple tree diseases in a no-spray situation. I have seen no apple scab, cedar apple rust, powdery mildew, or fireblight. This tree will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 3 - 8
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Ed's Crazy Crab™ is a grafted apple crab that earns its name because, as shown in this picture, it pounds out the fruit! I have known this tree for three or four years, and I have yet to see it fail to set a heaving amount of fruit. Ed's crazy Crab™ is prolific and sets fruit annually that falls all fall long. The tree is red-leaved and red-fleshed, producing a golfball-sized fruit dropping from October into the new year. Ed's Crazy Crab™ has shown disease resistance across all major apple tree diseases in a no-spray situation. I have seen a small amount of cedar-apple rust, yet nothing to get excited about. The original tree stands about 35' tall and resides in plant hardiness zone 4b. This tree begins dropping its apple crab in October, peaks during my favorite time during November, and retains some fruits dropping throughout December. The original tree resides in plant hardiness zone 4b, making it very hardy from zones 4-7. You will have a mature height of 20'+