HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2015 SUMMER TOUR

WALNUT SPRINGS FARM

• Black raspberry production

• Sweet cherry production in high tunnel

• Matted-row strawberry production

MILBURN ORCHARDS

• Toured the recently expanded roadside market, and the doughnut baking area.

• Pick-your-own plantings: primocane raspberries, table grapes and high-density cherry pick-your-own plantings.

• Sweet and tart cherry trees budded on to Gisela 6 rootstock, and trained to the Vogel system.

• Young, high-density planting systems of new varieties trained on wires with the tall spindle system.

• 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.

• Older high-density apple plantings on size-controlling rootstocks, grown as supported trees in a pedestrian orchard.

• Peaches - keeping trees on standard rootstocks small to produce high-quality fruit.