Matt;

That's a pretty useless site. All they have is a bunch of pictures of
apples - no pictures of the wood!

-- 
  Steve Jones in Kokomo

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014, at 07:45 PM, Matthew Groves wrote:
> 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.
> https://
www.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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