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Growing Organic Apple Trees
I’M NOT AN EXPERT ON GROWING APPLES, but I’ve been fortunate to be around apple trees for most of my life. When I was four, my parents built their house in the middle of a small, backyard orchard in...
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Growing Organic Apple Trees, Part II
LAST WEEK I WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT USING FOOTIES to prevent insects from wreaking havoc when growing organic apple trees. Ted Swensen from the Home Orchard Society probably was the first person to...
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Book Review: The Apple Grower
EVERY SPECIALIZED AREA OF GARDENING has its own preeminent guide book. For growing apples organically, it’s The Apple Grower, the classic guide written by Michael Phillips. Although written primarily...
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Plenty of Heirloom Apples
I’M TEMPTED TO INVEST IN a new heirloom apple tree. I’d like to grow an apple that’s a little out of the ordinary, like some of the unusual heirloom tomatoes that are so popular today. But the...
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Heirloom Apples of Uncommon Character
STRANGE as it may sound, my first experience with an heirloom apple tree came during our family’s hunt for a Christmas tree. In November, the farm where we cut our tree allows people to reserve one...
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