先日届いたリンゴ苗ですが、今になってやっとUP。動画専用の新しいPCのスピードに慣れてしまうと、VAIOの動きが遅くてつい億劫になります。
These new apple plants were delivered some days ago but I am uploading the pictures only now, for the sake of record.
Granny Smith on the left, and Kurenai No Yume on the right. The latter is a red-flesh variety. Each of these is grafted onto a dwarf variety (a middle stock), which in turn is grafted onto a root stock (flowering crab apple). The part indicated by either green or red is Granny Smith or Kurenai No Yume. As you can see, Granny Smith was too long so I trimmed it to about 40cm when I planted it in the pot.
The roots were decent.
少しでも暖かくなると外に出たがるタイガのために座布団を敷いたのですが、苦情が来ました。タイガファンの方々曰く、「以前は名前を呼ぶと門のところまできてくれたのに、今では座布団の上から動こうとしない」のだそうです。
Taiga loves to sit in front of the porch door so that she could see the world go by. She now has a cushion and I have had complaints from Taiga's fans. According to them, Taiga used to come rushing to the gate when they called her name as they passed by but, now that she has the cushion, she does not bother to move.
この座布団の上で夕方散歩の時間まで過ごします。
She refuses to come inside and remains here until the time of evening walk.
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うちにはもう一本、リンゴ苗があります。クラブアップルの「長寿紅」。今年の1月に売れ残りの値下げで1,000円になっていました。紅の夢の授粉樹に、と買ってしまいましたが、先日の雪の日に数個とって、一部はリンゴパイの動画に登場させました。
I have another apple plant - a Japanese crab apple. I am hoping this might become a pollinator for other varieties.