Grow Your Own Backyard Statement of Independence!

For More Info Contact: Jerry Coon at applemanjc@gmail.com 
or call (208) 589-2761

WHAT: 4th Annual I.F. Plant Swap and Scion Exchange

WHEN: Sat. April 18, 2015- 10 am to 4 pm

WHERE:   872 s. Holmes Ave. (the Kirby vacuum office) Idaho falls, Idaho 83401

WHO: any interested farmers, gardeners, or fruit lovers
WHAT: Workshops on grafting fruit trees, rediscovering the forgotten fruits!

WHY: Idaho farmers and gardeners have a legacy of heirloom fruits and plants that are in danger of being lost, and sharing of plants and scions will encourage production of diverse varieties for posterity and sustainable food production.

HOW IT WORKS: Anyone can bring heirloom or open-pollinated cuttings, starts, bulbs, divisions, plants and scions to swap or share. If you do not have plants or scions, you could bring envelopes, anything to share or trade with other gardeners or fruit growers. .

COST: $5 per person, or $8 a couple. Bring a little extra if you want to purchase rootstocks ($5 per rootstock) to graft your own fruit trees!

Grow Your Own Backyard Statement of  Independence!

"Why do we need so many kinds of apples? Because there are so many folks. A person has a right to gratify his legitimate tastes. If he wants twenty or forty kinds of apples for his personal use, running from Early Harvest to Roxbury Russet, he should be accorded the privilege. Some place should be provided where he may obtain trees or scions. There is merit in variety itself. It provides more points of contact with life, and leads away from uniformity and monotony." Liberty Hyde Bailey

Come to 4th Annual I.F. Plant Swap and Scion Exchange and learn to graft trees that taste better than any Johnny Appleseed planted, and grow tasty fruits and vegetables you can repeat year after year.

more apple cultivars

Westfield Seek no Further

Origin: Massachusetts 1790	Ripens: Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
Excellent for eating fresh. Fruit is streaked with red and russet over yellowish background

GoldRush  Keeps Its Fantastic Flavor All Winter!

One of the best keeping apples ever! Keeps in the refrigerator until June of the year following harvest. Retains crisp texture and, like fine wine, Gold rush's flavor gets even better with time. Exceptional for fresh eating; out of this world for pies and cider! Quick to bear, often in its second year. Good disease resistance. A real winner! Zones 5-8.

• Pristine

  Origin: Purdue - 1994	Ripens: Mid July to August	Zone: 4 - 8
  Uses: Baking, Pies, Sauce
  A very sweet, yellow skinned apple. Very disease redistant. It is very similar to Yellow Transparent.

  Williams Pride

  Origin: 1988	Ripens: July/Aug	Zone: 4 - 7
  Fruit is medium in size slightly conic in shape with a rich aromatic flavor. Apples are 70-80% red with excellent eating quality. It has inbred resistance to apple scab and cedar apple rust. Good resistance to fireblight and powdery mildew. Stores about 1 month in refrigeration.

  Caville Blanc de'Hiver

  Origin: France or Germany 1598	Ripens: Oct/Nov	Zone: 3 - 6
  Uniquely shaped medium to large size fruit, skin yellow with light red flush. Fine textured. Flesh is tender, yellowish-white; flavor sweet, subacid, aromatic. Higher in Vitamin C than an orange. This is the gourmet culinary apple of France, excellent for tarts. One of Thomas Jeffersons favorite apples.

  Fortune

  Fortune
  Origin: New York - 1995	Ripens: September	Zone: 4 - 7
  Uses: Eating, Pies, Sauce
  'Fortune' is a hybrid of 'Schoharie Spy' x 'Empire'. It is a large, red apple with yellow flesh which is excellent for eating fresh. Trees are usually very vigorous.

Apple Cultivars

Apple cultivars (scions) collected so far...

Sweet 16

Ripens: Sept	Zone: 3 - 6
Uniquely flavored sweet, crisp apple with good storage qualities.

Zestar

Origin: University of Minnesota - 1999	Ripens: Late August	Zone: 2 - 2
Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Sauce
A medium sized, red apple with light, crisp and juicy flesh. Taste has an excellent sweet-tart balance with a brown sugar overtone. The tree is very cold hardy.

Honeycrisp

Origin: Minnesota 1991 (Macoun x Honeygold) Patent #7917	Ripens: Sept/Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
Skin is mottled red over yellow. The flesh is very crisp and is excellent for eating. Good keeper - up to 5 months. Topped with McIntosh and Delicious for fresh eating in taste tests.

Earligold

Origin: Washington	Ripens: August	Zone: 4 - 8
Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Sauce
Similar to Lodi but firmer. A yellow-green apple with tart, crisp flesh.

Goodland

Origin: Manitoba 1948	Ripens: Sept	Zone: 3 - 6
Flesh crisp, juicy and tender, makes delicious aromatic sauce and is also an excellent eating apple. Productive, annual bearer.

Golden Russett

Origin: New York prior to 1845	Ripens: Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
An old American cider apple, also good for eating and drying, and attractive for a russet. Tree medium to large, fruit medium to above. The sugary, dense flesh of this apple is the essence of the European reinettes.

Arkansas Black

Origin: Arkansas before 1850's	Ripens: Oct/Nov	Zone: 4 - 7
Very large, attractive,dark red fruit. Excellent for storage. Tart and hard when picked, favor sweetens with age.

Northern Spy

Origin: New York 1800	Ripens: Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Salads, Sauce
Large vigorous tree. One of the best winter apples in the East, also does well in Northern California. Fruit large, attractive, red and yellow, thin-skinned. Flesh yellowish, rather firm, very tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly subacid. Stores well. Good for pies or eating out of hand.

Prairie Spy

Origin: Minnesota 1940	Ripens: Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
Large fruit, crisp & juicy with excellent flavor which develops and improves while in storage. Keeps until Spring. Tree bears very young. Some resistance to scab and cedar apple rust.