Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Blooming apricots

I hire my neighbor Richard Graver, the most knowledgeable orchardist I know, to prune my quince, apricot, mulberry, and apple trees each spring.  I have no idea how to prune fruit trees, and please don’t tell me I can get a tutorial on that on the internet.

Anyway, I asked Richard why we never get any apricots.  He said it was very hard to grow them in this part of Pennsylvania because they bloomed early, often before a killing frost.  Today I noticed how pretty the apricot tree looked with its blossoms.  It is now April 24.  


Any bets on whether or not we will have at least one more killing frost.

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