Harry Burton from Apple Luscious Organic Orchard on Salt Spring Island will be our April speaker. If anyone is interested, Harry has provided us with the following details regarding apple trees that are available for purchase (these trees can be reserved anytime now):
All Apple trees at Apple Luscious Organic Orchard are grafted in March and planted right in the ground about April, the previous year. They are grown one full season and then dug up after January of the current year until mid-April and then sold to the new owners as bareroot, 1-year whips.
How can the trees get to you:
a) Pick up at the Apple Luscious Organic Orchard on Salt Spring Island (Jan to end of March 2024)
b) Dropped off in Victoria, Duncan or Nanaimo (early March 2024)
c) Shipped by Canada Post (early March 2024)
d) SCIONWOOD is also shipped by Canada Post (early March 2024)
To Reserve Apple Trees:
Send to Harry Burton:
a) your list of TREES wanted, INCLUDING HOW MANY OF EACH, and which Rootstock desired.
b) When you want your Tree (Generally send via Canada Post near the end of March.)
b) your mailing address
c) your phone number
NOTE: Sometimes a phone call to me is the easiest way to discuss apple trees -My phone number - 250- 653-2007 (best after dark until 9 PM)
Cost of Apple Trees:
a) Regular Apple Trees-$40
b) Regular Red Flesh-$50
c) Rare Red Flesh-$60
d) INTERSTEM DWARF-$10 added to above cost (because it takes 2 grafts to make an INTERSTEM)
Guarantee:
Our apple trees are guaranteed to grow their first year, if they are cared for properly. Our customers are very happy with the growth of their Apple Luscious trees. They come back for more.
Contact Apple Luscious Organic Orchard:
Phone: 250-653-2007 (leave message; if unanswered – I will contact you)
Email: harryburton@shaw.ca
Mail:
110 Heidi Place,
Salt Spring Island, BC,
V8K 1W5
CVHS was also provided with details of current offerings. We have linked various documents that list details below each offering.
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Bud 118 Rootstock will produce a Drought Resistant tree eventually maturing to about 16 feet. (220 varieties including about 50 RED Flesh varieties). SOLD AS 1 YEAR WHIPS, about 1 meter tall.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zbEf6gVbuggQ_rkRrvDIZ9olAz_vHwpEnThsQ8elAac/edit#gid=1300884870 -
Bud 118 with a Bud 9 INTERSTEM. Produces a Dwarf Tree that is quite Drought Resistant. (86 varieties)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GuOiEBpMfUnoEentm_DkIl1uTYVkd8LdC_XNIDAKSJI/edit#gid=204497867 -
Collonade Trees, (Apples on a Stick) on a Bud 118 rootstock, which can be planted 3 feet apart, require NO PRUNING and can grow to 12 feet tall. They can also be grown in Pots. (10 varieties) SOLD OUT
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Catalogue of Varieties from Apple Luscious
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MI_7URKf_3QJUDcKf5g3sgH7r3w3k8BByxv4Tl3cdOo/edit?usp=sharing
Further details on the Apple Luscious Website here: https://appleluscious.com/
Here are some photos of various apples available:
