I'm about to plant 6 or so apple trees.

Can't decide whether to go with cider apples, fresh eating, or storing.
Maybe all 3?

Think I'll get some old world types from
http://bighorsecreekfarm.com/apple-
varieties/">http://bighorsecreekfarm.com/apple-varieties/

Anyone else with recommendations for cultivars....er....tool handle
varieties?

Matthew Groves
Springfield, MO

PS Shaped my first 5 windsor spindles today.
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w.dropbox.com/s/thnqz7czoukcztr/IMG_2671.JPG?dl=0

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:19 PM,  wrote:

> Quoting Gary Katsanis :
>
>  Recently, over the last 20 years or so, there has been a major move
>>
>
>  from standard apple trees to the dwarf varieties.
>>
>> Does anyone know if this affects the quality of the wood, or its
>> desirability for handles?
>>
>>  Being also from upstate NY, and having kept an eye on apple growing for
> a future dream orchard for a number of years, the move has been going on
> for 40+ years, and the dwarfs aren't allowed to get big enough for
> handles.....
>
> Gotta turn over those shorter-lived (but still more than a generation)
> dwarfs to the latest hard easy-to-ship fashionable brand of supersweet
> chunks of red protpplasm (google "club apple varieties" for some exemplars).
>
> There is a school of thought that 10% of your total acreage should be non
> bearing (within 3-4 years of planting) so you can jump on the latest
> variety fad.
>
> Esther whose taste obviously runs in the heirloom direction..
>
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