Grafting Yields
(Continued from Page 2)
Espalier Design
Habegger’s own orchard
looks like a study in orchard
bonsai art. He takes his cue
from Europe, where, to shield
the trees from the cooler cli
mate, growers plant their
trees on the south side of
buildings or walls.
This has brought about the
“Espalier” technique, which
results in a two-dimensional
tree that is carefully trained
into two horizontal U’s. Care
of these trees is easier, since
the branches are within easy
reach, and takes less spray,
since it is two-dimensional.
The trees are planted on
dwarf rootstock.
In choosing varieties to
grow, Habbeger looks for, of
com??, variety. “I try to have
summer, fall, and winter
apples. You can really extend
the season.” The Habeggers,
in fact, enjoy the apples
stored in their basement
throughout the winter and
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into the spring months.
As the season progresses
into September, which Ha
begger said is the biggest
month for apples, the fruits
tend to get sweeter. “After it
gets into the fall, we don’t
add sugar, since the apples
are sweet enough,” he said.
Because of the abundance
of small and large, green and
red, pink and yellow or any
combination thereof, “we’ve
never had pure applesauce,”
he said.
Jellies, applesauce, pies,
and simple fresh fruits are
commonplace on the Ha
begger’s table. The couple
does not market the fruit but
shares with their family and
friends.
To share his knowledge,
Habegger volunteers at the
nearby Landis Valley
Museum, where he helps with
the grafting and pruning
seminars, along with working
on the museum’s heirloom
seed project.
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commercial apple production
is estimated at 480 million
pounds, up one percent from
last year’s crop, according to
the Pennsylvania Agricul
tural Statistics Service. The
value of the apple production
(based on first utilization)
was set at $B2 million.
The 2001 peach crop to
taled 75 million pounds, up
25 percent from the 2000
peach crop. The value of uti
lized peach production was
set at $24.8 million.
Pear production in the
state totaled 5,500 tons for
the year, up 900 tons from the
previous year. Utilized pro
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valued at $3.0 million.
Sweet cherry production in
2001 was 580 tons, up 16 per
cent from 2000. Utilized pro
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previous year.
Utilized U.S. production of
other fruit crops and the per
centage change from 2000
were peaches, 2.34 billion
pounds, down seven percent;
pears, 968,300 tons, up two
percent; sweet cherries,
219,440 tons, up eight per
cent; tart cherries, 308.1 mil
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and grapes, 6.5 million tons,
down 15 percent.
premium subsidy increases in
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