There was a long unidentified box waiting for us in the office at work. What the heck? As I walked through, the personnel lady exclaimed, "aren't you going to open your package?!" Huh, strange. So I opened it up to find a wonderful gift to us from Neely and Jason - a Sierra Beauty apple tree. It's an antique variety, the apples from which (Neely said) you can sometimes buy at farmers markets. We can hardly wait to eat some - though it might be a while. The next day, we planted it out near the other trees. Also in the box was a book, The Home Orchardist. It is extremely interesting, and I have learned many things. One really important thing I learned is that we need at least one more tree... another pear variety to pollinate the Comice. Though the label said semi self-fertile, apparently it will produce much better if it has another variety to cross-pollinate it. Who knew?
Thank you, Jason and Neely!
No comments:
Post a Comment