2023 - #1 (splitter) - Full of blossoms this year with nice number of fruit off just one branch. Pretty much just harvested as they dropped, along with the Splitter fruit, starting late August through September. Nutting continues to be the larger apple and very clean. They both get added to sauce or cider as it's made.

#2 (HC2) - This small graft surprised me with two blooms and one apple. Very near in looks and size to the Splitter graft fruit.

2022 - #1 (splitter) - This year the Splitter tree and its grafts finally got out into the sunshine. Steve cut down the large elm that grew just south, so the apple went from a little over 2 hrs of good sun to 5-6 hrs. All seemed to handle the change OK. Nutting branch was full of blossoms this year, setting 6 fruit. The first one dropped 9/2, the last one 9/11. The fruit was nice, large, healthy (see main photo above), better than previous. It tastes pretty good when not compared to a sweeter apple. They mostly went into the sauce mix.

#2 (HC2) - This graft continues slow but OK, but being on a small bottom branch of a wild seeding that gets little good sun I'm wondering if it will ever fruit. I hope it does; it will be interesting to see how the fruit on two very different trees compare.

2021 - #1 (splitter) good, healthy growth;  #2 (HC2) fine though slower growing.

2020 - 8/28 single apple on Splitter graft dropped. Doesn't look quite mature, included in sauce.

2019 - 6/13 graft on Splitter, from 2016, has 2 blossoms! 9/16 dropped larger apple, touched 2nd & it fell (3rd missing). Looks and tastes a lot like Splitter fruit, but larger, earlier. Slight difference in skin color/pattern but tastes like common "Duchess type" (Nutting IS a Duchess seedling). Ate smaller one, saved larger.  10/1 cellared apple getting soft; included in sauce; nothing special taste, but it's an edible apple.

2018 - (1) Looking good; nice 2-10" growth.  (2) Slow but steady, 1-3" growth on three branches/tip.

2017 - (#1 on Splitter) Good growth, healthy, light leaf damage.  (#2 on Honeycrisp2) 8" growth. somewhat rough leaves but not bad.

2016 - Fedco scion. Grafts took and grew well.