That is the first row of three and is the youngest planting. The first three closest trees are from Miller Nurseries (I think). They offer a "disease resistant package" that has names like jona-free, Mac-free, etc. I was thinking of using those as grafting material (but would never do that because that would illegal). For apples, I have yellow delicious, rome, granny smith, and about 6 other varieties I have forgotten the name of. I'd have to get out the map of the orchard to check. We got our first pears last year. We have sour and sweet cherry trees. We picked a 5 gallon bucket of sweet cherries from the ground, standing in one place without moving last year. We lost our pollinator for the nectarine. It looks like the paw paw might set fruit this year, as this is the first year it flowered. We have about 3 varieties of peaches, but keep losing trees to virus. We don't use any spray (had honey bees). With as many trees as we have, we can be selective for table fruit, using the second grade stuff for cider and feeding the rest to the horses.
On the fence heading south, there are some carpathian walnuts, black walnuts, heart nuts and northern pecans. None of these have started production yet, but should within the next year or two. The filberts are kind of a joke. Little bushy things with .45 caliber nuts. Not worth my time to crack, but the squirrels eat them.
This just goes to show you the value of a good dog. This is the first year without a dog being there and the first year we have had damage.
Also, I think I'm having a coon problem. Something is removing the drain plug from an old hog waterer and letting water run all over the ground. My only guess is a coon. Maybe I convince my wife that we need to purchase a trail camera.
