For the Birds
I have several crabapple trees.
One came by accident – not from a seed dropped by a bird. I was sold the wrong
variety, which I discovered when it was old enough to bear and it’s yellow
fruit turned out to be red. It is a lovely tree, though, with red buds that
open to white petals – backed by cerise. The display of fruit is also
outstanding (left). There were so many little apples on it this year that I
decided to pick some and see if my jelly- and jam-making neighbor could put
them to use.
Well, we tried, but the little
fruits (about the size of peas) just did not have it in them. We came up with
bitter, inedible applesauce. So, I’ll leave this tree to the birds that come to
eat the fruits in mid-autumn.
This week’s radio show/podcast is
a bit of a catch up covering the sculpture show at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden(www.towerhillbg.org), bulb planting, word
of a new book on plant disease identification coming out in December, and a few
other topics. And please tell your friends about the newsletter and the radio
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