A big thanks to all our members who participated in the July garden tours. The gardens were beautiful and it was a great opportunity to discuss our fruit interests: varieties, insects, soils, diseases. pollination and climate! Thank you for all your gardening work and sharing with us!
For addresses and location information email seattletreefruitsociety@hotmail.com
Garden #2 – Don Ricks – Horizonview Fruit Tree Steward
Location: Horizon View Park 19800 47th Ave NE (198th St at 47th Ave NE)
Time: Please meet at the Park at 3:00 pm for a tour of the park’s fruit trees and Don’s caretaking.
Directions: Exit the freeway at 205th Street NE; Turn right at NW 205th St/Lake Ballinger Way; Continue onto Ballinger Way NE for 0.7 miles; Take a slight left at NE 195th Street; Turn left at 35th Ave NE; Take the 1st right onto 40th Pl NE; Take a slight left at NE 197th Street; Continue onto NE 201st Place; Turn left at 47th Ave NE. Your destination will be on the right
“ What I would like to show is the 10 trees that I am reclaiming by pruning and in some cases cutting back from the brambles and blackberry bushes there at this Lake Forest Park location….it is near my home and very near Lori’s…….I am also putting foot sox on some of the apples and trying to discover the varieties…..the thing that may interest some of the STFS people is that I put different colored foot sox on at different times….all the way up to mid-July to see what will work at what times to protect against the flies…..this park is at a high elevation and the apple maggot flies seem to be late there…..so I am interested in the results….the question of how late we can apply the foot sox (or spray) should be a question of interest.” ~Don Ricks
Garden #3 – Lori Brakken
Time: 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm (note that the Potluck Fall Fruit Show Planning starts here at 5:00 pm)
Lori has an espalier fence with more than 40 apple trees growing in an elevated bed., supported by bamboo trellising. She has grafted additional varieties to the espaliered trees, so she now has about twice that many varieties of pomme fruit wood. She also grows grapes, blueberries, persimmon, apricots, and plums. These are all new plantings.