Early Riser; I planted a combination of seedlings and grafted trees about 20 years ago. The seedlings are about 20 -25 feet tall and the grafted trees are 15-20 feet. All of them bear every year and the Early Goldens ripen well (are very edible) every year. The seedling trees are very dependant on summer heat. I'm located near Lake Ontario and if the summer isn't HOT they will hang on the trees through the winter rather than ripen to the point where they don't take your face off when you eat one. Average yields now and for the last 10 years are about 2-3 x 6 quart baskets on the Early Goldens and 1/2 - 1 bushel on the seedling trees. The same seedling trees that I have trouble maturing in my climate would probably ripen in September in your area.

The size is the same as you showed or slightly larger. Big ones would be about 1" diameter and 2" long.

Dan O.

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Early Riser; actually I get the itch. After spending all winter looking at the snow there's so much energy built up that I go on a spring tree planting binge to release it every year.

Ya; it feels good to watch the trees grow and see what you can accomplish with a small input and a lot of time. The more you plant and see develop the more incentive it gives to plant more. It's been an evolution to see what I could grow and what likes the conditions that I can give them. My new project is acclimatizing stock to a zone 5b at my hunting property up north. Actually the trees self acclimatize. If they aren't hardy, they don't grow. The few that make it become seed stock.

A local nursery supplied me with a large amount of my initial stock. Check out the website, you'll be interested to see what we can grow in the great white north.

www.grimonut.com/

Dan O.