How to Plant a North Texas Backyard Apple Orchard
How to Plant a North Texas
Backyard
Apple
Orchard
by
June 2012
Fort Worth, TX
Contents
Table of Figures
Introduction
Introduction
Planting an apple orchard provides much more reward than just the apple. There is something magical about planting and harvesting your own apple trees. The beauty of the apple inspired one of America’s finest writers.
Painted by the frosts, some a uniform clear bright yellow, or red, or crimson, as if their spheres had regularly revolved, and enjoyed the influence of the sun on all sides alike,—some with the faintest pink blush imaginable,—some brindled with deep red streaks like a cow, or with hundreds of fine blood-red rays running regularly from the stem-dimple to the blossom-end, like meridional lines, on a straw-colored ground,—some touched with a greenish rust, like a fine lichen, here and there, with crimson blotches or eyes more or less confluent and fiery when wet,—and others gnarly, and freckled or peppered all over on the stem side with fine crimson spots on a white ground, as if accidentally sprinkled from the brush of Him who paints the autumn leaves.
Henry David Thorough, Wild Apples, 1863
I am writing this handbook to inspire and provide an approach for apple lovers who may not believe planting a backyard apple orchard is possible in North Texas. This handbook will discuss the apple tree, primary planting considerations, and the planting and care of your orchard. This handbook goes beyond just the basics and introduces the reader to apple tree topics such as scion selection, rootstock selection, and diploid and triploid trees. If you are an aspiring North Texas apple orchardist, I hope this handbook inspires you to plant a successful orchard and reap both the spiritual rewards, as well as the bountiful harvest.
Understanding the Apple Tree
Varieties
Apples are like
Backyard
Apple
Orchard
by
June 2012
Fort Worth, TX
Contents
Table of Figures
Introduction
Introduction
Planting an apple orchard provides much more reward than just the apple. There is something magical about planting and harvesting your own apple trees. The beauty of the apple inspired one of America’s finest writers.
Painted by the frosts, some a uniform clear bright yellow, or red, or crimson, as if their spheres had regularly revolved, and enjoyed the influence of the sun on all sides alike,—some with the faintest pink blush imaginable,—some brindled with deep red streaks like a cow, or with hundreds of fine blood-red rays running regularly from the stem-dimple to the blossom-end, like meridional lines, on a straw-colored ground,—some touched with a greenish rust, like a fine lichen, here and there, with crimson blotches or eyes more or less confluent and fiery when wet,—and others gnarly, and freckled or peppered all over on the stem side with fine crimson spots on a white ground, as if accidentally sprinkled from the brush of Him who paints the autumn leaves.
Henry David Thorough, Wild Apples, 1863
I am writing this handbook to inspire and provide an approach for apple lovers who may not believe planting a backyard apple orchard is possible in North Texas. This handbook will discuss the apple tree, primary planting considerations, and the planting and care of your orchard. This handbook goes beyond just the basics and introduces the reader to apple tree topics such as scion selection, rootstock selection, and diploid and triploid trees. If you are an aspiring North Texas apple orchardist, I hope this handbook inspires you to plant a successful orchard and reap both the spiritual rewards, as well as the bountiful harvest.
Understanding the Apple Tree
Varieties
Apples are like