Apple Blossom time

[w1vtp]

I've tried twice to upload some pics of my apple tree.  It's all blossomed out.  I'm planning on having it sprayed this year.  The apples are yellow with a rust ring around where the stem comes out.  Anybody any ideas on what it is?

Al

[w1vtp]

Here's another one. I think there is a lot of detail in these shots.

[w1vtp]

Finally my view out the back 40. You can see the apple tree.  It's sort of crouded.  I may have the tree people losen things up a but

The detail from the D7000 stands out here.  You can see the blades of grass with much detail

I have the kit lens 35 - 105mm and the 85 macro lens.  Wonder which lens I should get next.  I'm thinking a prime lens as I'm really fussy about sharp images

Al

[Bill, KD0HG]

I've tried twice to upload some pics of my apple tree.  It's all blossomed out.  I'm planning on having it sprayed this year.  The apples are yellow with a rust ring around where the stem comes out.  Anybody any ideas on what it is?

Al

I believe the problem is Apple rust.
A fungicide spray is indicated. An old standby is Bordeaux mix, which is a copper sulfate-containing compound. It's also good on grapes.

Bill

[WA1GFZ]

Check with a local Agway. They can set you up.

[The Slab Bacon]

Apple blossom time also means you're halfway there to apple pie time! ! ! !

[flintstone mop]

OUCH!!!!!!!!!! on a DSL it hurts to upload a 4meg picture

[Mike/W8BAC]

I'm not a garden expert. I think these are a verity of Iris. They don't flower in big numbers each year. They must like this weather because they are doing really good this year.

Cannon 7D
60mm prime
Cannon MT-24EX flash

[KB2WIG]

I've got 3 apel trees on the property.... Someday, I'll gugel and find out how to grow the apple larger. They grow to the size of a $.50 piece. But the deer still leave a lot of crap under 'em.
klc

[Ralph W3GL]

klc,

Sounds like you have the old fashion "Crab Apple" verity there.

[KB2WIG]

noo, thay not be crab apels......  my mom usda  make jam with the crabs......  these things are 'sweet'.
Way back in the woods, one gives of yellow fruit, kinda like ?"Courtland"s.

klc

[k4kyv]

I don't know what happened.  My little apple tree out back didn't blossom at all this spring.  Otherwise, it looks healthy.

OTOH, our crab apple tree had plenty of blossoms even though about half of it is dead. I like to eat crab apples in the fall, after they get mushy and begin shrivel, usually after the first mild freeze.  Just pick a handful right off the tree, chew them up and spit out the seeds.

[Ed/KB1HYS]

We've got two crab-apples out front and lilacs all round the house.  It is the best part of a nice day to stand under those trees and just breathe.  It's the worst part of fall to try and rake up all those crab apples. We must fill two or three large barrels every year and the squirells live well off the ones we miss.   I've never tried to eat these crab apples, they are the red type that look like tiny apples, supposedly sours as all get out.  We had a couple stop once and asked if they could pick some of them for jam, we let them have as many as they could carry.  I guess it didn't work out as they never came back.

I found one of the best things for the trees (lilacs especially) was to dump the ashes from the wood fire around the base, charcoal bits and all and water it in good ( a couple times that summer).   They seemed to really perk up and we had tremendous blossoms the following spring.