Dave Yandell Photography

The Orchard

At present, I'm caring for and following about 145 apple trees that are either on our property or a relative's. I've planted about 90 of these over the last 20 years, some grafted and others that were purchased. The rest are a combination of orchard and yard trees on our property (originally a farm with two orchards) and that of family members. Most of the old trees are antique varieties that have not been productive for at least 40 years but I'm trying to bring back. There are also quite a few unknowns that may be seedling or sport, but are of interest as potential for cider. My goal is to try to document all of them sufficiently to identify varieties definitively, and for sports to determine whether they'll be good for cider. Photos here are of trees that are currently producing. Question marks indicate probable but unconfirmed varieties. Those in quotation marks are descriptive names, but not known varieties.

#1 Cox's Orange Pippin

#3 Wealthy

#4 Yellow Newtown Pippin

#5 Wagener

#6 Liberty

#9 Red Anjou Pear

#9A 1273 Pear graft onto #9

#10 Orleans

#11 Reliance

#12 Golden Russet

#13 Ben Davis

#14 Orleans

#16 Haralred

#17 Montmorency

#18 Seckel

#19 Sweet 16

#20 Fameuse

#21 Macoun

#22 Honeycrisp

#24 Fireside

#25 Montmorency

#26 Gala

#28 Mac

#29 Cortland

#30 American Chestnut

#31 American Chestnut

#32 English Walnut

#33 Lake English Walnut

#34 Gravenstein (The Piki Tree)

#35 "Yellow Crab"

#40 - "Woodpile Dwarf Cider"

#41 "East Legacy"

#41A "East Legacy Behind"

#42 "Dying Legacy 80y.o."

#43 "Tall Legacy"

#45 South Meadow Cider Tree - South"

#46 South Meadow Cider Tree - North"

#48 Heirloom by Guest Gardens

#49 "Barn Foundation Legacy"

#49A Fenceline Sport by Barn"

#50 "Springhouse"

#55 "Granny's 'Baldwin' that isnt"

#58 Rocky Front

#59 Rocky Middle

#60 Rocky Barn

#61 Rocky's Black Crab

#65 1631 Tall Legacy

#67 Cortland

#68 Duchess of Oldenburg

#73 Springhouse

#74 Springhouse

#77 Frostbite

#81 McIntosh

#86 Harrison

#87 Bulmer's Norman

#88 Liberty

#89 Ashmead's Kernal

#90 Brown Snout

#96 Winesap

#97 Orleans Reinette

#98 Golden Delicious

#99 Fameuse

#100 Karmijn de Sonneville

#101 Reliance

#102 Hyslop Crab

#105 Wickson Crab

#106 Harry Maste'rs Jersey

#107 Tremlett's Bitter

#108 Dabinett

#109 Northern Spy

#110 Yates

#112 Newtown Pippin

#113-8 Golden Russet

#116 Bramley's Seedling

#118 Black Oxford

#119 Foxwhelp

#122 Gravenstein

#133 Chestnut Crab

#134 Dabinett

#137 Frostbite

#139 Westfield Seek-No-Further

#140 Pixie Crunch

#141 Freedom

#141 Ellis Bitter

1273 S. Meadow Brook

1273 Pear by Pool

Cidermaking

#nn Hope's Crabs on the Lane

East Fenceline