#omnitree

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I spent the morning in the #OmniTree, a 100 yr-old #ArkansasBlack, split three ways and fallen, now growing horizonally and frameworked to over 100 varieties of #apples. Here you can see #Nehou, #WinterBanana, #CrimsonGold, #SpokaneBeauty, #BurfordRedFlesh, and a carpet of #YellowTransparents on the ground. . . #grafting #framework #topwork #madorchardist #oldtrees #organicorchard #apples #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/B2pOYGNFvQj/?igshid=kwjgt3lobz77

[vulturehill]

The #omnitree is a fascinating controlled study in varietal contrasts. While the rest of the tree grows happily, sometimes a variety will scream, “What am I doing here in California!!?, I wanna go home!” #StonePippin has spent the whole year curled up, trying to protect its leaves from the sun like an Englishman in the tropics. #nope #experiments #pippins #vulturehill

[vulturehill]

#Dawn patrol owl above the #omnitree. . . #greathornedowl #BuboVirginianus #orchardfauna #owls #orchardallies #biocontrol #vulturehill

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[vulturehill]

#Carter'sBlue #omnitree #vulturehill #apples

[vulturehill]

Lusting for the fruit from these #PineGoldenPippin #blossoms on the #omnitree. . . . #blossoms #pippins #vulturehill

[vulturehill]

Updating the #omnitree map. 114 different apple varieties.#Omnitree . . . #grafting #framework #topwork #madorchardist #experiments #vulturehill

[vulturehill]

#Omnitree...it's hard to photograph. . . . #grafting #framework #topwork #oldtrees #funkytrunks #ArkansasBlack #madorchardist #experiments #cideriswine #vulturehill

[vulturehill]

#Omnitree . . . #grafting #framework #topwork #oldtrees #funkytrunks #madorchardist #vulturehill