Today in the orchard
Today Lauren Cormier and CJ Walke of the Maine Heritage Orchard came over to meet with Skylar, Todd Little-Siebold and me. We discussed plans for the upcoming Common Ground Fair. We will have a large display of apples from throughout the state as well as tastings and talks. It should be a great three days.
We also discussed some of the apple identification mysteries that we hope to sort out this fall. There will be opportunities to focus on some big ones. This fall we have a good apple crop in Maine which means access to lots of fruit. A few of the cases we’d like to crack include what we’ve been calling “Cherryfield,” “Sorrento,” and “Zachary.” We’d also like to find Walbridge, a prized apple that has been eluding apple explorers from multiple states across the US. And there will be others.
In the middle of the meeting a wasp flew in and landed by my pencil. In her grip was a small green worm. It was amazing.
Later in the day, I took apples and plums to John’s Ice Cream. Keep a lookout for their new plum ice cream. It should be delicious. Skylar and I worked on identifying an old tree from the North Palermo Road, incorrectly thought to be American Summer Pearmain. As it was getting dark, we picked the Estonian apple Sidrunkollane Talioun. The tree was loaded with large beautiful yellow fruit that were starting to drop.