Fruit trees
09-14-2003, 08:53 AM
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Location: Durham, NC
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Fruit trees
I' m thinking about planting some trees around my hunting lease and I' m not sure what to plant and when. I was thinking about crabapple, pear, or maybe a cherry tree. Anyone have some suggestions.
09-14-2003, 06:37 PM
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RE: Fruit trees
I have a place with persimmon trees, when the first frost comes deer treat them like candy and devour them. Can' t go wrong with a persimmon tree, I also pick apples from my grandmas apple tree and feed them to deer, another favorite of deer in my area.
09-14-2003, 06:53 PM
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Location: Walnut MS USA
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RE: Fruit trees
Here in North Miss. the deer are already braking lower limbs on the Persimmons to get to them. And we still have at least another month for our first frost. (Or maybe they know something I don' t.) The raccoons are also feeding on them. I' ' ve never known them to eat them this early as sour as they are. The deer are also keeping my four Clover plots nipped down to about 3-4 inches. The turkeys are helping them, too.
Russ
Russ
09-17-2003, 11:32 AM
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Location: Bonnots Mill Missouri USA
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RE: Fruit trees
I know little about fruit trees, but what about crabapples and pears. Am I wrong in saying that these two species are the most likely species to bear fruits every year over other fruit trees? My farm deep hollows are very suceptible to late spring frost. I would be afraid to plant most apple tree varities.
09-17-2003, 05:11 PM
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RE: Fruit trees
We have several crabapple trees here in the central part of Oklahoma, and I never really see deer just tear them up the way people say they do. I can' t recall how many times I have found the ground covered with them under a tree where deer are plentiful but with no deer sign around them. Maybe it is just the because of the location.
09-18-2003, 07:54 PM
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Location: cazenovia, NY USA
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RE: Fruit trees
In Central NY - I cannot remember very many Mays without at least one or two really hard frosts. We still get apples quite regular - I' m sure Dan O. can attest that a frost during the spring bloom does not always mean a poor apple crop. Personally I think Wet and Windy conditions at peak bloom ruin more apple crops than frost in my area.