Scionwood Exchange (fruit tree grafting)
Wed, March 30, 11am – 12pm, 2011
Where
UMD, Life Science – Room 20 (UMD’s LOWER GREEN HOUSE)

Attention all fruit grafters! The official fruit tree scion exchange time and place: March 30, 11:00 AM Life Science 20 AT UMD.  Some root stock will be available for apple and pear at $7.00 each, Deb Shubat will have other grafting supplies. If you are picking up scion wood bring plastic bags. If you are bringing scion wood to trade or give away please be ready to supply a name and description of the fruit. Contact Deb Shubat if you want to get some scion wood but you can’t come at this time and there will be some extra available. 726-7258 for questions

To find room 20 in the life science building: come into campus by way of Kirby Drive, the life science building is on the College street end of Kirby drive. There are parking meters on Kirby drive across from the giant rising moon sculpture. You can’t really get into the greenhouse from outside unless you see someone working inside who can open the door. So follow the sidewalk to the main door to Life science – it has a stone awning over it- and go down the hall toward College st, go down the stairs to the ground floor or take the elevator, room 20 is next to the elevator. (this is the “lower greenhouse” – in courtyard surrounded by Med School, Life Sci, MWAH and “Chem 200″ bldgs)

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SCIONWOOD so far

APPLE:
Norland, Sweet 16, Honeycrisp, Haralson, Goodland, 1628, Charette, Ginger Gold, Minjon, Duchess of Oldenburg, Starkey

PEAR: Parker, Luscious, Summercrisp, Golden Spice

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SCIONWOOD DESCRIPTIONS !

APPLES

* * *Shubats Apple scions * * *

Norland Apple,   Malus ‘Norland’: 9/16, Norland standard
Hardy dwarf-type, annual bearer. Medium size good quality red fruit. Sweet flavor and soft texture, good for eating and cooking. Keeps about 16 weeks in cold storage. Fruit must be picked before full maturity for storage or use. Height 20 Spread 25 Origin Developed in Saskatchewan, Canada. ‘Rescue’ x ‘Melba’. Texture Soft Flavor Sweet Average Ripening Date Late August

Chestnut Crab,  Malus ‘Chestnut’: Chestnut Crab. Fruit is bronze red and great for fresh eating. Stores well. Zone 3. Nut like Sweet flavor . Average Ripening Date Early September

Sweet 16: One of the most unusual flavored apples in Minnesota. Very sweet with a flavor like cherry candy.

Honeycrisp: Perhaps Minnesota’s premier eating apple. It has a well-balanced sweet/tart flavor and unusually crisp texture, which has been called “explosively crisp.” It’s also one of the best keeping apples, storing up to seven months in refrigeration.

Haralson :One of Minnesota’s favorites. Tart flavor, good storage and excellent for cooking.
Goodland Apple :One of the best apples for the colder regions. Washed red over creamy green. Annual bearer. Flesh is crisp, juicy, tender, and aromatic. Good for storing and excellent for eating.

1628 :  Ripe in October yellow under red obconic, good storage fresh eating and cooking apple Hardy in Zone 3 and 4 . from the MN apple breeding program and not yet named.

* * Will Rhodes -  apples scions * *
Honeycrisp  (See above)
Sweet 16   (see above)

Charrette = fall season. also “Donut Apple”. Unknown parentage. Huge flat light yellow fruit speckled with splotches of dark yellow and covered with maroon streaks and a bright red blush. often seedless.  excellent fresh eating and drying. Ripens about the end of Sept.  from fedco / northern maine. Blooms midseason. Zone 3-5

Ginger Gold = Early. aug/sept? fruit is conical and starts out a very pale green, though if left on the tree will ripen to a soft yellow with a slightly waxy appearance.The primary use is for eating out of hand, though it can be used for most other purposes. The flesh, of a cream color, resists browning more than most varieties. The flavor is mild but with a tart finish.

Starkey =  Fall-Early Winter. fedco / Maine. Very high-quality fall fresh-eating apple, its exquisite combination of crisp sweetness and tartness  Medium-sized roundish fruit is rosy red, sprinkled with pronounced white dots. Keeps well into winter. We begin to get into them in late September, with perfect eating being just about New Year’s. Still quite decent in February. Medium-large tree blooms early to midseason. Z4-5.

**Antonich apple scions:**

Dutchess,  (aug?) extremely hardy, is medium size with skin color pale yellow with crimson stripes and splashes. Flavor is slightly tart. Superb for pies and sauce.

Minjon  heirloom variety, the Minjon is believed to be a cross between the Jonathan and Wealthy. It is a small, firm to medium sized, dark red apple with a tart, dry flavor that stores well.

PEARS
Shubats Pear scions:
An introduction of the University of Minnesota in 1934, the Parker pear tree is an open pollinated seedling of Manchurian pear. Produces large, yellow-bronze fruit that is fine grained, tender and juicy. Upright and vigorous, it is an excellent pollinator for Luscious.
Recommended for Zones 4-8. The Luscious pear tree produces a medium to small, bright yellow pear that is very juicy and sweet. Blooms in early May and fruit ripens mid September.

SUMMER CRISP – Developed at the University of Minnesota in 1986 as an early ripening pear with the crunch and juiciness of an Asian pear. These are medium size fruit with sweet crisp flesh, and a slightly aromatic flavor.  They are a refreshing summer treat.

Golden Spice Released by the University of Minnesota breeding program in 1949, ‘Golden Spice’ is hardy into USDA Zone 3 and still a fine choice. Small 1 ¾” pears ripen in September and are pleasant and aromatic. Does not store well.