Very nice. It's always good to be able to keep a hard to find variety going. Good luck with this project!

There seems to be a lot of confusion with growing terminology when it comes to agriculture. GMOs are genetically modified organisms. They have been changed in a laboratory to have factors such as resistance to a bug, weed killer, bacteria etc.. Organic is a method of growing fruits veggies and anima...

I will concur with a few posts on here that Angry Orchard is a good cider. Here in NY it is easier to find ciders than other places around the country that I've traveled to. Original Sin is very good, as well. It is a little harder to find here, being much smaller in scale than Angry Orchard. Woodch...

Pinch off the blooms and let the tree concentrate on growth and root development for the first few years.

There is a great youtube video by dave Wilson nursery that has an apple block in Irvine ca. They planted 33 or so "high chill" apples and got apples off 31 varieties. It's worth a watch.

I would assume that it is still being maintained. I have plums that I asked to have added and they are not yet.

Chances are that it is not a "variety" that's being propagated, such as Grimes golden. Its more likely a chance seedling that grew up and now shares traits of apples that you know.

I have a couple sweets, bing and stella, and am in zone 5b. We are close to Lake Erie and regularly have temps below 0°F. There are a couple commercial orchards near me that have both sweets and sours.

Probably more to do with soil conditions than cold.

Planting for commercial production, I would stick with the varieties that people want in the big stores, such as Pink Lady, Honey Crisp, or what ever is popular in your area. I'm assuming that you may be wanting to sell the apples in wholesale or bulk. If you are a little more adventurous, I would s...

Apples are amazingly forgiving for the most part. I like to size control my trees and will often top them at about 5 feet to stimulate growth, which i will then prune to get branching where i want it. Here in the US, most apples are pruned to a central leader style, however there is a growing trend ...