photography of the day by @jani786

jani786 (60)#club5050 🇵🇰in Steemit-Garden • 2 years ago (edited)

Look at the apples forming on my little tree. I've got various fruiting shrubs in my front yard, so take a little walk with me, and I'll show you around.In only a month, we went from flowers to this The apple fruit is about the size of table grapes. It could be anyone's guess when the fruit will be ready to harvest. I'm guessing early September.

Perhaps the hairs are a natural adaptation that deters slugs and other soft belly insects that dislike being poked by scratchy surfaces.Hairs also likely shield the fleshy skin so it doesn't become brittle from sun scald. It needs to stay flexible so it can continue to stretch into greater volume.

Not everything I have read or heard about growing apples has been true in the case of the trees I am growing...Every orchard expert I have watched explain how apples grow, has said that the fruit mostly forms on spurs (dwarfed branches along the main lateral branches).For my tree, fruiting in its first year, all the fruit is forming at the ends of the strongest branches, and any spurs I have found are not very productive yet.