HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2015 SUMMER TOUR
WALNUT SPRINGS FARM
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Black raspberry production
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Sweet cherry production in high tunnel
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Matted-row strawberry production
MILBURN ORCHARDS
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Toured the recently expanded roadside market, and the doughnut baking area.
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Pick-your-own plantings: primocane raspberries, table grapes and high-density cherry pick-your-own plantings.
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Sweet and tart cherry trees budded on to Gisela 6 rootstock, and trained to the Vogel system.
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Young, high-density planting systems of new varieties trained on wires with the tall spindle system.
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Apple varieties were selected for high quality fruit for PYO and the farm market. These include Buckeye Gala, Early Pink Lady, Early Honeycrisp and Red Braeburn, plus a number of advanced selections that performed well in their on-farm variety test block.
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Older high-density apple plantings on size-controlling rootstocks, grown as supported trees in a pedestrian orchard.
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Peaches - keeping trees on standard rootstocks small to produce high-quality fruit.
Milburn Orchards production of cider donuts
Video Credit: Dr. Christopher S. Walsh, Professor, University of Maryland, AGNR-PSLA