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3/11/00 Courtland apple tree is budding out. This tree is about 5 years old. Got one apple off of it last year. Well, two, if you count the one the squirrel got.
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3/23/00 Beautiful Courtland apple blossom. Not as many blooms on the Courtland as is on the Granny Smith.
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4/8/00 Baby Courtland apples. Although Courtlands are supposed to ripen earlier than Granny Smiths, these babies are smaller.
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4/21/00 This picture is a little blurry, but you can see where one of these babies is going to fall off. The other still looks healthy, as do quite a few more on this tree.
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4/28/00 Lots of baby Courtland apples have fallen off, but there's still quite a few still hanging on and growing. About marble size here.
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5/28/00 'Courtland' apples growing well. About half th size of a large lemon here. Haven't completely decided what to do with this tree yet. I may leave it and prune it severely next spring, or take it out and replace it with a columnar tree.
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6/12/00 'Courtland' apples growing well. Getting to be a good size and appear almost perfect. VPI site says this apple will be ready to harvest about September 23. I let the one apple I had last year get too ripe before I picked it, so I'll try to remember this date this year.
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7/17/00 No great increase in size, but color is changing to a rosy glow on one side. Still have a dozen or so hanging on, although the birds are having fun pecking holes in some.
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8/27/00 Still have several apples that the critters haven't gotten. They should be ripe in less than a month.
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