Growing Old Apple Varieties with Dan Bussey 🌳

Learn about old apple cultivars with apple historian Daniel Bussey, author of The Illustrated History of Apples in the United States and Canada.
The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern Time.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Exploring old apple varieties at an apple tasting event
00:34 Podcast name change in January
01:53 Why Dan started writing about old apple varieties
03:23 Why old apple varieties have funny names
05:25 Smokehouse Apple and fire blight resistance
06:31 Ginger Gold Pedigree
07:52 Slack ma Girdle apple!
08:36 Best old apple varieties for fresh eating
12:07 Why russet apples fell out of favor
14:09 How do you identify apple varieties on an old tree visually and with DNA testing
17:25 Black Oxford and Roxbury Russet apple questions
19:14 Westfield seek no further apple history
20:58 How names of old apple varieties have changed over the years.
22:44 Ben Davis apple history and why it has multiple names
24:46 McAfee apple history
26:08 Sheep nose apple variety
26:54 Tolman Sweet apple trees
28:07 Old apple varieties that are easier to grow
29:58 A Word from our Sponsors
34:37 More on Old Apple Varieties
35:53 History of the USDA apple illustrations
37:10 Pitmastin Pineapple and Fire blight resistance
38:12 Ashmeet's Kernel - and identifying Russet apples
39:47 Franklin apple
40:34 Are many old apple varieties lost forever?
41:30 Limbertwig apples
43:54 Allergies to some apples and not to others
46:44 Where to buy old apple varieties
47:41 Programs to preserve old apple varieties and apple tree grafting
51:46 Which old apple varieties make the best pies
54:00 Did you enjoy this show as a livestream on UA-cam?
54:42 How to order Dan's books and how to reach out to him
56:41 How to access more fruit tree podcasts like this one
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[@zsoltvecsernyes4568]

I never had the pleasure of listening to you before, great podcast, wonderful info.Dan was awesome.Have you heard of Steel Red apples?

[@Orchardpeople]

Thank you I'm so glad you enjoyed it! You can find more podcasts here: podcast.orchardpeople.com/. No I've never heard of Steel Red! I'll look it up in Dan's books! How did you hear about the podcast?

[@zsoltvecsernyes4568]

@Orchardpeople I was just surfing UA-cam trying to learn. I have an old orchard with 40 +trees, many which I can not identify. I live north of Port Huron. I read about steel red apples in the 1920-22 MSU Horticulture report. I claimed it was also called Canada Red. It's a great late season storage apple which I have stored in my attic until March. I have an old 1976 catalog from South meadow Frouit Gardens which lists it as an apple called Nonsuch from 1822.

[@Orchardpeople]

@@zsoltvecsernyes4568 Interesting! Too bad we used to have someone who did DNA apple testing here in Ontairo but they retired! Oh well...

[@AshritPlays]

I planted apple trees but unfortunately I over fertilised them so the plants are in hibernation from 1 and a half months, what to do?

[@Orchardpeople]

Hi there I’m not sure that the “hibernation” is due to over fertilization…in any case, time will tell. I hope your tree recovers!