Irvine Apple Harvest 2019

Tom Spellman from Dave Wilson Nursery is at the South Coast Research Station, in Irvine, California picking high-chill apples. Tom planted 30 apple varieties, all rated between 500 and 1100 chill hours. The results are in, watch and find out which varieties Tom thinks are the most delicious for Southern California growers.

[IVOrganic]

Excellent Tour! Wish I was there to help pick & eat fresh picked apples!!! 🍎🍏
Charles 🌱👍

[TheBusyGardener]

OK, I've been watching this Irvine Apple project develop over the past few years and seriously waiting for THIS video. Excellent results and fruiting! Thanks, Tom and DWN! (Killer truck in the background in the beginning, BTW)

[kahvac]

It's good to see apples grown with blemishes and marks on them as no pesticides or sprays were used. Very high quality fruit ! Thanks for sharing.

[SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Great project! Thank you for the update.
This winter, I will plant my 5th apple tree in Santa Barbara.

[zoheire.]

Good evening Tom
Real pleasure to see all those different apple varieties grown in California. They look delicious. Thanks so much for the video and good luck to the Irvine project.

[UtahSustainGardening]

Thank you! I love apples and I love the fact that you are willing to push the bubble and try some of the older varieties.

[charlesburns]

Thank you for following up with a new video on this project! I was super curious about how it was progressing. Since this is a no-spray project, I hope you might be able to provide a little more info as the project unfolds about disease susceptibility/resistance. I'm especially interested in fireblight resistance, but others in different climates will be concerned with scab as well. Glad to see that you gave positive reviews to a few varieties I've been trying myself.

[ilhanmulalic]

Hello Mr. Spellman, I'm glad to see you.

[michaelgirvine]

Another great video. I'd love to suggest more video focused on care for trees once we get them home. I have four different Dave Wilson trees on my small suburban lot but have never had a great yield, mostly due to Codling Moth issues. Thanks for the great videos and trees!

[tentam]

I'm in Bakersfield, bought some Dave Wilson peaches, after watch ALL your videos. They have excellent root systems.

[PlowAndPantryHomestead]

I'm just beginning to think about which trees to grow and I really want to use some old varieties that are delicious but fell out of favor maybe just because of how they held up for market/shipping, etc... LOVED this video!

[shine]

I wish you had added Honey crispy apple too. I have planted it at last year.
It seems grow so far so good.
Also, I have 30yrs old Fuzi apple doing well in my backyard that I planted when I bought this house in San Diego 30yrs ago

[cgh]

Thank you, video's like these help me get through winter. and help me choose which tree's I want to buy from your distributors, thanks.

[John-viheavyequipment]

great to see and hear from tom great video

[cochambre]

Do you think that happens with cherries too, I mean that they occur in So Cal with less chill hours even if they say they need more than 400 or 500?

[agro-valleyfarm]

Which varieties of apples would grow best in tropical climate such as the Caribbean. and how can I get these seedlings.

[josemarquez]

Incredible! I have been waiting so long for this video I have not even seen it yet and I am posting a comment I am so happy.

[prof.dr.prashanttaur]

Dave Wilson nursery work is amazing. His work will inspire many peoples to grow varities in desert and low chill area. Sir is providing valuable information. One problem is there can we import it India. Please reply sir.

[jlawrence]

When will Zaiger release some more cold winter compatible pluots? I'd love to grow some of theirs but supposedly they don't do well in the pacific northwest.

[savvasthegood]

Does anyone knows what material the wooden part of the tree is painted with.