14. An hour in the great orchard in Verhildersum museum estate — 20 juli 2017

Ahh, that was a strange day mainly because of the weather that caused cancellation of several activities, including the work in the historical orchard wherein I am just a new dummy volunteer… Came in (despite the e-mail that we do not go to work) and actually used some time — one hour slow walking — to see the trees, and to see the ripening apples, — and to get yet another chance to guess what we have in our own orchard in Pieterburen.

I just share what I saw, and my comments are mostly not needed. Tjose who want to learn more — visit the page of the Verhildersum orchard team.

Foto: Lena Lebedeva-Hooft (@Lenaswan).

Some reading about Ontario apple (click the link).

Meanwhile I really made a very slow visit — walking around, with my own speed — great extra value that I was walking alone / on my own… as if talking to the trees. I add some pairs of photos.

Rode Herfstcalville.

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I really tried to teach myself to some patron: photo of the sort/name — pictures of the apples. Learning every day, sure.

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Great pleasure to be able to walk around taking photos…

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Just by chance: Very rich plum tree (tasted one, great!) and a bit of strange art that is now placed in the orchard. These are the plums.

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OK, “zoete grauwe reinette” — it is something I have to google.

Zoete Rode Joop hier en Zoete Pippeling hier. Sorry for unavoideble Dutch — happens not all the Dutch varieties are easy to find in English. Will add the links after the 1st editing of yesterdays mistakes and unnecessary extras.

Have to remember one thing I noticed: the apples seem to me smaller in size compared to what I saw of the same varieties earlier.

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Cornish Gilliflower — ! Seems I like the way photo uploads work (I am really a novice at Medium).

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When walking on Thursday 20th July I was also thinking — aha, how can I define the twigs that were grafted on a tree that is known? Still have to make / share the photos I took there in late spring with grafted twigs / branches.

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Sure one of the reasons of walking there, beyond pure curiosity,- is the attempt to find / guess the ID of the old apple trees we have in our own orchard. I am almost definite now in my guesses — but I still dream of a day that the real guru of fruit trees comes to have a look and help identify…

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Seems I start to understand the choice / varieties I would be willing to graft on our old trees.

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One of my guesses — that we have two Noorderkroon trees. But it might be a mistake still.

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Very beautiful apple — sure the Dutch people with all the passion for tulip flowers should have had also the tulip apple. Rode Tulpappel.

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And I think this is the Reinette below — Parmentier Reinette — that we have in Pieterburen; but it also needs confirmation after the apples get ripe.

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Come back — to add more links to the apple varieties (and better to the pages in English).

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Lena Lebedeva-Hooft

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