Rural Gardening: The Junebugs are Junin' on the June homestead, 1 by darius

darius wrote:
There's a crab apple I want to grow... Jefferson propagated it at Monticello, and it's famous for good hard cider. Named something like Hawe's Crab I think... or maybe Virginia Crab? I have no idea of the chill hours it takes, though, since it's not a problem for me. I made crab apple butter the first year I was here. Deliciously tart! I haven't found any crab apples since then.

I'm also looking for a late blooming peach since we always get late frosts that kill most peach blossoms here.

I got about a pound and a half of small, tart cherries from the Nanking Cherries I started 3 years ago. The next day the birds got the rest, but that's okay since I planted them to deter birds from other fruits in the garden. I may make a cherry liquer with them.