I've been wanting to plant some apple trees. But first let me explain. I already have 3 trees, two are Gala, the other is an Orange Pippin. I've never tasted the apples, they're too buggy. I trimmed the Orange Pippin and one Gala the year before last. My neighbor told me they wouldn't produce. They didn't this past year; but neither did the Gala I didn't trim. And there are three other Galas on neighboring properties that didn't have any apples. The one tree that did is my advisor, who warned me about over trimming. She has a green apple tree, that isn't Granny Smith?!. It had a nice crop but it's right at the corner of their house... So it didn't get frost damage? I'm figuring that if the trees are shorter it'll be possible to spray. The Gala that's two properties over is about 60 feet tall. I've already put in a Honey Crisp and a Golden Delicious in the past two years, one in each. I'd like to put in a Red Delicious for fresh eating, a Macintosh and a Rome for pies. And in the future, I'd like to put in a Jonathan. I had also considered a Granny Smith because they come ripe in November and keep for 6 months. But I hate pies with firm apples, I always thought those pies were made with dried apples? I've always had problems with dwarf trees. I had one that got one flower in it's 20th year, but that lone flower didn't develop an apple. So I've made up my mind to use semi dwarfs, I know; I'm going to be overloaded with apples. But that's what one does when we get older! And we talk a lot. I really like this web site. I appreciate the variety of opinions.My thanks go out to those who've posted here.

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