Palmer Park Orchard Planting

[Big Dan]

Hello, all. I'm a new guy on the board and long time resident of Berkley, Pleasant Ridge and Royal Oak. This would be my first post.

This was a hot topic a few days ago, but I've yet to see any information about the orchard itself on the forum or in the media. Was anyone here on the forum in on the planning, or have information about the apple orchard ? Things like cultivars, rootstocks, pruning system, and conventional or organic spray program for starters. I have a few apple trees myself, and knowing how much work mine are, I can only imagine how much work 500-800 trees would be. You guys are mighty ambitious !

[Pam]

Hello, all. I'm a new guy on the board and long time resident of Berkley, Pleasant Ridge and Royal Oak. This would be my first post.

This was a hot topic a few days ago, but I've yet to see any information about the orchard itself on the forum or in the media. Was anyone here on the forum in on the planning, or have information about the apple orchard ? Things like cultivars, rootstocks, pruning system, and conventional or organic spray program for starters. I have a few apple trees myself, and knowing how much work mine are, I can only imagine how much work 500-800 trees would be. You guys are mighty ambitious !

There is some info. here:

http://peopleforpalmerpark.org/save-the-apple-orchards/