Monthly Archives: May 2012

For the curious – we have a roundup of the unidentified tree posts.  The orchard contains 5 apples, 2 aronia berry bushes, 9 blueberries, 4 cherries, 2 cornelian cherries (edible dogwood), a few native elderberries, 4 fig trees, 1 peach, … Continue reading →

Almost there!  The final unidentified fruit trees in the Oregon orchard: Tree 17 Tree 18 – buried in the back under brush; alive above the graft! Tree 19 – buried in the back under brush; alive above the graft!  VERY leggy … Continue reading →

Only a few more unidentified trees!  Thanks for all of the help!  This first one I think looks completely unique.  And the second is one of the few that appears fully alive and relatively vibrant above the graft. Tree 15 … Continue reading →

Only 8 more unidentified trees, I think.  To my uneducated eye, these three look similar. Tree 12 Tree 13 – we felled two large doug fir that were shading parts of the orchard.  We dug out this poor tree, but … Continue reading →

I’m adding a couple of additional unidentified trees (I’ll post three trees today.)  I’m very excited to be progressing in identification (so far we have dogwood – maybe cornelian cherry, apples, sweet cherry (prunus avium), peach, and purple leafed plum … Continue reading →

A bit of success with the last post – Tree number 6 is some sort of dogwood.  I’m voting for Cornelian Cherry because it is clearly a planted tree and the nursery where I believe at least some of the … Continue reading →

Another two unknown trees to post from the orchard.  These two don’t appear to have grafted sections.  They also have such different leaves that I doubt they are fruit.  Thoughts? Identifications? Tree number 5 Tree 6 (actually two trees that … Continue reading →

The last post solicited one vote for apple or pear for Tree number one (with a slight bias towards pear) and a ‘possibly American plum’ for Tree number two. We have 9 blueberry bushes that are trying to grow.  Last … Continue reading →

Having just spent the better part of two weeks out on our Oregon property, I’ve had time to really enjoy the young orchard on the place.  It is both a joy and a frustration.  At some point prior to our … Continue reading →