I have one surviving apple tree in my 133 year-old farm orchard. My dad called it a Maiden Blush. I have looked in several catalogs that offer heirloom trees but have yet to find it. What are the chances of grafting a whip of this tree to a native (wild)apple tree. The apple is pale yellow with a red blush on the stem curve and is wonderful to eat out of hand, for cider, apple butter, and pies. It is shaped flatter than most apples but as large as a Macintosh or larger.Its skin is crisper than a mac though. It ripens August through mid-September.

-- Sandy Kehn (sntkehn@frontiernet.net), October 11, 2001

Answers

IF you graft it right it will work. Master Gardener Grant Eversoll

-- grant (organicgrange@yahoo.com), October 11, 2001.

Sandy, can you tell where I can get catalogs that offer heirloom apple trees? I am interested in planting a few. Thank you.

-- Janet (whisperingpines@terraworld.net), October 12, 2001.

Miller's Nursery in NYS sells heirloom trees. Also, the St. Lawrence Nursery in the Potsdam/Canton area of NNYS has older varieties. I'm sure they both have websites. Both are good to deal with.

-- Jennifer L. (Northern NYS) (jlance@nospammail.com), October 12, 2001.

Fedco seeds in Maine has a separate catalog for heirloom appletrees.

-- sheryl in ME (radams@sacoriver.net), October 12, 2001.

Sandy, thank you for the information.

-- Janet (whisperingpines@terraworld.net), October 13, 2001.

www.bighorsecreekfarm.com lists Maiden Blush in its Master Variety list, perhaps they can provide you with a tree from their stock, or it looks like they will make a graft from your existing tree.

-- Lawrence LeMay (lemay@cs.umn.edu), December 29, 2001.