The Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-03-06, Page 27by Pat Livingston_
For approsinatee, a 20
acre parcel of Dnp lod.
sem ant who h Of the
vie lets of Lucknoww has been
producingSWOmPt1940 VOW
apples that are enjoyed by Luclmow
and area residents -and those
Earthly afield who have .co ;to
know and enjoy the unique taste Of
an apple from the -Andrew 'c
Allan Anthem ` s he. third
generation of the Andrew.family 0
caxehf�ur. nurture and . care' forthi,
orchard; one that wast' by .hits
sa
grandfather-Wi liam 0. * '.
1909. In 1956 Alex Anew, Al.
Ian's father, took overrthe-orrhard
and it was under his guidance that •
Allan <ga nedh k lOwled a on they
production of apples. Allan still
recalls as a youngster emptying. the
picking baskets for the wake** and
ensuring they had more baskets to
fill during ;the busy harvest**. In
7g;.Allan tools over the orchard
and put bis knowledge; to the test.
Like his father; before him, Allan
has continued la *place some: of ...
the ,otder•;standard ztreea plat% d
his grandfather, when it ,i; nieces
sary.While replanting is a `fact of
life, Allan strives to retain as Many
of the older trees as
d
possible
mostly £'IV.t/writ Spy,, 'rational
Stets and, Shows. These- are the
older varieties ..of apples:that are
now hard to come by. Apple lovers.
l ke these varieties the best and
flock to buy them in October when
their taste is the best.
Fifteen different 'varieties o are
available at The Apple Place, but
Allan ..said the main ones are the
Northern Spy.lVlacintosh, Ida: Reds,
Empire, Delicious and' Courtland..
He has afew of the earlier varieties
as wells° and is currently trying, out .
some new -.to see if they
grow well inhit orchard, where the
land is light and gravely.
The oldeir .sem, trees have
been replar.41 with 'tetna%dws,
which do not mowas tall. Allan
has been p is f tb
last 101e0M• and has
orchard toin iae
and no* y�.
As with
any other
ertaltOrytoeiggi*Siuto
oduces loterm's
crop.. Yn tbo meter tta�.ltf
rabbits _
throughp fii�.�.� �,
si bledga..a,,�tl.tomS�,
snowfalls facilitate t ease.
which flits, y .chew
lower Isintichesog smaller tom;
-
deter , . 'of tbe'tt't1
and tbCretain bichos covey
with, a white lutea ► , w
tats find oeve. n a
winter Allanch+ec
any
In latewwiunter, or early springs it
°is time.to start pruning the treat,.
removing dead: or - uhalthy
br'anc., ming is. a40, used, to.
- shape the tree and kir. it` at a
manageable height; forcing the
branches to grow is y. a;
ditiof to
of the apples,`:g.. mikestt .
easier for picking the fruit.
also mows the sunshine into the
trees,, thus helpingto colour up thea
apples. Allan' sai"A well -pruned
tree produces good sized apples
a good .colour." Inert and disease _
X01 is made easier due tote re r
Wig. .-
GODERICH
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