I am CuTRis

13 good Honeycrisp 10 rotten

I have to have nets on my apple trees to keep the deer from eating them. My Chestnut Crabapples are ready now, So everyday a few more drop to the bottom of the net.

I bagged the apple trees. It doesn't look that nice, but if we want to get any apples it had to be done. Otherwise, the deer will eat the trees down to the nubs.

Several years ago, I bought two bare root apple trees and dug out lots of clay and back filled with compost. A couple years later, my wife was not impressed and said we would never get apples. So, I decided to cover the tops of the trees this year, because the deer always eat them off every year. So, my Chestnut Crabapple produced one apple this year. We're still waiting for the dwarf Honeycrisp. But our first apple was delicious and though small, was shared by the whole family!