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Growing Fruit Trees in Anchorage

Growing Fruit Trees in Anchorage. Three Keys to Success. Choose the Correct Location Use the Correct Cultural Practices Plant the Appropriate Varieties. Correct Location. Full Sun – south and east exposure are the most important If possible the ground should slope to the south

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Growing Fruit Trees in Anchorage

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  1. Growing Fruit Trees in Anchorage

  2. Three Keys to Success • Choose the Correct Location • Use the Correct Cultural Practices • Plant the Appropriate Varieties

  3. Correct Location • Full Sun – south and east exposure are the most important • If possible the ground should slope to the south • Protection from wind and moose • Site should have good drainage • Beware planting trees where they may be susceptible to mystery harvests

  4. Cultural Practices • Ensure rich soil by mixing with compost before planting trees • Provide nutrients with fertilizers from early June to early August • Protect bark from voles in winter • Insects and diseases are usually not a problem in Anchorage – so pesticides are not required

  5. Varieties of Tree Fruit • Apples • Pie Cherries • Sweet Cherries • Pears

  6. Apples • Nearly all apple trees are grafted

  7. Grafting

  8. Grafting

  9. Grafting

  10. Grafting

  11. Apples • Only “summer” apples will ripen in our short season • Pollination is not a concern • It takes two to five years for a tree to bear • My variety recommendations: Norland Breakey Westland

  12. Apples Apples like most fruit are produced on fruit spurs – which develop as the tree matures:

  13. Apples

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  15. Breakey

  16. Westland

  17. Norland

  18. Pie Cherries • The site must be very well drained • Rootstocks are critical • Best are Gisela 5 and Amur Chokecherry • Pie Cherries are self-fruitful – only need one • Best Varieties are Evans (Bali), Montmorency and Northstar

  19. Pie Cherries • Example of a pie cherry fruit spur:

  20. Montmorency

  21. Evans

  22. Evans Cherries

  23. Sweet Cherries • Challenging in Anchorage • Most require two varieties for pollination • Same rootstocks as for pie cherries • Varieties to try: Lapin (self fruitful), Stella, and Kristin

  24. Pears • Rootstocks not a concern • Must be summer ripening varieties • Require two varieties for pollination • Varieties to try: Summercrisp, Stacey, and Hudar

  25. Summercrisp Pear

  26. Summercrisp Pears

  27. The End

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