I’m going to plant apple trees

[justdirtyfun]

After reading this during winter, I bit the bullet and planted an Arkansas Black the other day.
Now from the bazillion charts and versions I am looking for a partner for the pollen production.
Fuji or Gold rush seem to match up.
Anyone have feedback for me on this?
Thanks in advance.

[mike_mc]

From what I read, Arkansas black can't pollinate other apple trees. So you may want to plant 3 trees.
Fuji isn't very disease resistant. Gold rush has cedar apple rust problems. If you have red cedar or junipers it maybe a problem. Its a late dropper like Arkansas black.

Freedom, Enterprise and chestnut crabapple are disease resistant. Chestnut crabapple drops in September, liberty mid October to late November, Enterprise November into December.

Cummins is a good place for info.

https://www.cumminsnursery.com/buy-tree ... ree&id=199

Thread about drop times.
https://habitat-talk.com/index.php?thre ... ing.13781/

[Ryan549]

After reading this during winter, I bit the bullet and planted an Arkansas Black the other day.
Now from the bazillion charts and versions I am looking for a partner for the pollen production.
Fuji or Gold rush seem to match up.
Anyone have feedback for me on this?
Thanks in advance.

Arkansas Black is a triploid and will require two DIFFERENT pollinators for it to produce fruit.
Goldrush is about the easiest apple to grow.

[Andyschulte]

After reading this during winter, I bit the bullet and planted an Arkansas Black the other day.
Now from the bazillion charts and versions I am looking for a partner for the pollen production.
Fuji or Gold rush seem to match up.
Anyone have feedback for me on this?
Thanks in advance.

You could plant a self pollinator that’s compatible if your short on space. Golden delicious should work.

[justdirtyfun]

Thanks for the feedback.
It's been difficult to find a good match for the Arkansas Black and it might not have been the best choice. But I add plants constantly to the yard. Can always add another. Picked up a Fuji the other day.
So far I have high hopes since I have started early this year and both are good size, 6 to 8 foot tall. I avoided the mail order places like Stark brothers to have the biggest trees to start with.
Fuzzy buds are pushing out on the one planted on the 6th.