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It may be a bit early for an apple report, but all my apples except Goldrush and Sundance are done. Many finished before I expected, either due to earlier ripening, or just running out of apples on the tree. This is the first year I've gotten fruit from most of these trees (except Goldrush, Priscilla, and Ecos Red), so the sample size is not large. I admire what Scott has done on this board and want to contribute in the same way, though I realize I'll need a lot more years before I can have that depth of experience. Williams Pride- 10.5-14 brix, Not bad summer apple. I liked the early August ones (crunchy, tart, 11-12 brix) because they were all I had. In late August, they started to get into the 13-14 range with some watercore and were more popular when I shared them. Size a bit variable, about half large (3+") and half medium (~2.5"). 2nd-4th week of August, tree- 3rd year, G11, sample: ~40 On the way next year (I think): Mother, Red Boskoop, Pomme Gris and Crimson Crisp, with another 25+ in the pipeline (but I have no idea how long it will take some of the new grafts to fruit). Pictured below: Roxbury Russet from 9/21 (half was good with 19+ brix, half was mealy) |
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This is the best year for apples I can ever recall. I only have Gala ripened so far, and like everything else this year, they were late ripening, not til after mid September. But worth waiting for. Big, crisp, juicy, sweet and flawless. What a bounty! |
It seems everywhere I look there is a tree LOADED with apples in my area. ALong the road, in fields, in a few planted areas I drive by, my orchard. One person who gets out and has an ear to the land tells me he sees apples on trees that have never had apples on them. This looks like "the year" for apples. In my area at least. |
Great report Bob. After reading your report on Egremont Russet im glad I decided not to graft that one. The low BRIX is surprising, I've read they are capable of close to 20. Pomme Gris and Ross Nonpareil will likely be my only 2 full russets. Keep those reports coming, the only Kidd's Orange Red I've eaten so far was really great, not past, picked September 20th. I should get one of those fancy refractometers in the next few years to truly judge sugar levels. Good report! Keep it up! |
Bob thanks for the report especially on Winecrisp. I've been thinking about planting that because it's supposed to do well in hot southern areas. It still sounds better to me than Honeycrisp. No apples here this year. Maybe our big year will be next year, a big bloom anyway. |
- Posted by malusmaven (My Page) on Mon, Sep 30, 13 at 18:27
Great report. My roxberry russets and most all on google images are totally russeted. Any clue why yours have so little? |
Megamav, The refractometer is cheap, considering all the use I've gotten out of it ($35). I wouldn't give up on Egremont Russet based on this one small sample. It is worth noting that the 3 trees (Roxbury Russet, Kidds Orange Red, and Egremont Russet) with unusually early ripening were all 2nd year trees on interstem rootstocks and next to each other in a row. I'm not sure what would cause it, but it affected all 3. Fruitnut, Malusmaven, Upper right: Roxbury Russet |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 9:58
Bob, thanks for the report. I should buy a refractometer, I have gotten pretty good at getting the sugar levels with my tongue but it would be good to have an absolute scale from year to year etc. Hopefully when my apples are all done I will add in how they did. I have had the same problems with Hudsons, most of the apples don't make it to full ripening. The worms and stinkbugs seems extra attracted to my tree as well, not sure if its the variety or the location. Karmijn I didn't ever get to produce, and from all the reports on problems ripening I took it out a few years ago. Those two apples I don't think are good east coast apples. I have also had a lot of problems with Akane, the apples get skin diseases and then they rot. The summer diseases can take a few years to get going so you may be seeing problems on that in a few years. Note I do almost no spraying after curculio season on my apples. One thing you will find is depending on the variety the first couple years of fruit can be misleading. Rubinette was a mediocre to bad apple for two years and then it turned into one of my very best from then on out. This year it was probably my best apple, off the charts with flavor and surely over 20 brix. Scott |
Scott, With all of this Rubinette love, will it supplant Freyberg as your favorite? |
- Posted by spartan-apple (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 11:46
I picked all the McIntosh and Haralson last night. Perfect timing. Excellent color and flavor. My red delicious needs perhaps 5 more days and the Northern Spy not ready for another 2 weeks. Fantastic size on the spy! The rest were ok but could have been thinnned more if I had found the time this past JUne. I got them thinned out to only one per flower The grape crop was huge this year. The concords were Speaking of Winecrisp, I was sorry to see how much apple scab is on the ones I sell at work. They were not sprayed in the sales section, but I thought they were hyped up as having great resistance to scab? The leaves were loaded with scab. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 18:02
Megamav, the Freyburg has been stolen by squirrels for several years now, its right by their access point. So its still tops but maybe not the next time I get a taste of it. Rubinette I keep moving up, its at #3 now (GoldRush is #2). Scott |
Scott, I've held off on Rubinette so far due to concerns about its scab susceptibility. Have you had any issues with it on that count? As far as I know, my only variety without decent resistance is Karmijn. And to address that, I have it in a pot which I can move under an overhang when several days of rain is on the way (when I remember). Akane was OK for me this year, though it was small (M27) and only had a few apples. Goldrush and Sundance have both had some rotting late in the season. In fact, all the Goldrush I've picked so far are due to damage. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 6:59
One thing about rating varieties,anyone's list is bound to change quite a bit over the years so recommendations should be taken with a grain of salt. At least, any recommendations I make should. I fall in love with varieties that have amazing fruit one year and then it turns out only to be a crush when the quality sinks to mediocrity the next. My latest crush is Erwin Baur picked from two separate trees for the first time this year. Weirdly, the first were ripe in late Aug, which makes no sense, but it was seemingly the same apple as one I picked off a nursery tree with the same label a couple of days ago- more like the right time. The tree with the early fruit is in my orchard and I hope that it was just a fluke because I can't store early Sept apples. It will still be useful, but now I'm reluctant to sell the other tree because I prefer an apple that ripens now or later then something picked in late Aug. The later tree doesn't have good grafting wood. Perfect apple for me- red the way I like them and hard, fully flavored with sugar and acid- slightly more tart than sweet (whatever that means). Tastes like an apple, not licorice or pineapple. I don't like lime in my beer either. Freyberg and Sweet 16 are in the lime in beer class for me. An apple I agree with Scott on is Goldrush, although, like most apples here, it was not great last year. Off the tree it was good but quickly turned into a bland Golden Delicious in storage. And it was the only apple I was able to store in quantity because of extreme squirrel pressure all over. Crazy, I worked so hard to protect those apples and by Feb. I stopped eating them because they were so bland although texture was still good. |
JohnS in PDX also recommended Erwin Baur. Sounds interesting, anecdotes read: similar to Cox in flavor, but a hard, crisp apple. Supposed to ripen early to mid October. |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 11:11
Bob, I have very little scab in my orchard. I don't know why, but I do lay down a lot of sulphur in the spring. Only a few varieties get scabby and Rubinette is not among them. GoldRush is bulletproof compared to Akane for me, I haven't had to pick a single GR yet. It is a hard apple without that soft rubbery skin of Akane (which I assume it gets from Mcintosh). Scott |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 17:33
I had another great apple a few minutes ago, a Baldwin. It used to me my favorite heirloom and is still wonderful when right. Mediocre in wet sites but in well drained, preferably sandy soil it can be great. I was originally attracted to it when I read of its very high vitamin C content. The problem is it doesn't do well much south of here, although Tom Burford told me it used to be great from his Virginia orchard when weather was a tad cooler. More than a couple hundred miles north and most of the crop won't ripen properly. When I first started growing in the NE 25 years ago I used to read of it often scoring very high in taste tests but being fairly inconsistent. It is dense and intensely flavored when right. Probably a very nutritious apple as well. Tricky to train on vigorous rootstocks (oversized branches) and the crop ripens very gradually. The first ones here weren't much good this season but now they are getting great. It does better in the shade than most varieties. I manage a couple of trees that get almost no direct sunlight but still they manage to produce small crops of tasty fruit. |
Harvestman, I planted an Erwin Baur last year after you described it. It's one of the few which didn't bear in it's second year for me, but I am hopeful for next year. I like Baldwin, but haven't planted any due to concerns about its scab susceptibility. In my notes from last year, I had it from at least 3 different sources and it ranged from 12-15 brix. The best were ones I found on the ground (none were left on the trees) at a PYO orchard on 10/16. If you find that Sweet Sixteen has too interesting a flavor, you may want to try picking it a bit early (last week of August to Sept 1st). It's not too sweet at that point, but still has decent brix (~13) for an early apple. While it has good kick, it is missing the strange (though good to my taste) flavors at that point. Picked early, it is a lot like Honeycrisp/Zestar, though not as sweet as Zestar. Now that I've written this, maybe it is better to just eat the Zestar. :) Scott, I can easily dismiss the differences we have seen with Akane since I have had such a small sample, but our different experiences with Goldrush are a bit strange, as I have two trees of it, one of which is in its second fruiting year (40+ on one and 10 on the other). I had some rot last year too, though I think this year has been worse. I've been bagging my apples (ziplock), which may have a part in it, but I think I saw one un-bagged apple rot this year as well. I'll take a photo of the next one I find. About half of the damaged ones have had cracks, while the others have black rotten areas (sometimes > 1/2 the apple). With that type of endorsement, it sounds like I have to get a Rubinette- or at least graft a branch. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 3, 13 at 6:05
Bob, if taste is discerned by the mouth but influenced by expectations, knowing the brix could influence your opinion of the flavor. I don't see how it can help an individual determine their preferences although it is helpful in communicating the qualities of any fruit because taste itself is entirely subjective. Also, if someone is harvesting a variety at a much higher or lower brix than what you are, you can disregard their opinion of that variety. I have no way to accurately measure the brix of the Baldwin I ate yesterday but my wife found it to be "too intense" for her, although she withdrew from her initial assessment of it being "too tart" because the sugar was back there. I am sure that additional brix would not be an improvement for me on a quality Baldwin. I am drawn to notoriously high brix apples and I expect that Baldwin can come close to Goldrush judging from its affects on my palate. Baldwin is rumored to be scab susceptible but is not especially so in my experience- certainly much less than Macintosh. Are you against the use of an affective fungicide? I can pretty much control scab with two timely applications of myclobutanil timed with the two necessary insecticide applications of my low spray schedule. |
My Liberties are coming off the tree now. I second comments about unpredictability in flavor. It's hard for me to judge the ripening time, too. They seem to ripen over a period of two weeks, and some will be dropping before the majority are ready. I go through the tree testing the apples and if they come off easily I pick them, otherwise leave them. The do seem to like all the sun they can get, and will have the best flavor on the sunniest side. They're given to starchiness if not just so and to mealiness if they're kept too long. But under the right conditions they can be really quite good, in my opinion. (I don't know how to judge brix and won't guess.) I fretted here a couple of years ago about size, but mine sized up nicely this year. Perhaps this is a variety that needs a number of stars to align for optimum results. Also have a lot of them. Last year was off due to bad timing of frost, and pollination issues. This year I thinned 90% and should have taken off half of the remaining ones! (In fact one branch split off and will have to be removed.) When Liberty is right I prefer it to MacIntosh. The apple I'm really looking forward to getting to know is Rubinette- I have one fruit on the tree this year and it's just coloring nicely now. |
- Posted by harvestman 6, S E NY (My Page) on Thu, Oct 3, 13 at 7:47
Macintosh is a much more interesting apple here than Liberty, IMO. Much more aromatic and a very appealing crunch off the tree. Liberty is good but without a whole lot of character. I believe in a couple of decades Mac will be a treasured heirloom in areas where it reaches its potential. That's probably a pretty limited area. That said, its poor storage qualities render its positives, including reliable annual bearing even when not thinned, somewhat mute. |
With everything else this year being so late, I'm planning to leave my October apples on until I see freeze warnings. |
". Are you against the use of an affective fungicide? I can pretty much control scab with two timely applications of myclobutanil " Another product that is organic is Agri-foss. For use on Apples for black spot, scab, and fire blight. A systemic I found it useful for strawberries, and tomatoes for late blight too. I try to stay organic when I can. I know with tree fruits often you cannot. |
This post was edited by Drew51 on Thu, Oct 3, 13 at 10:08
You'll find some people throwing up their hands in horror at the idea of any systemic product, whether or not labeled "organic". |
- Posted by johnthecook none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 3, 13 at 17:14
My Liberties are great right now at the beginning of October. Nice size, crunch and taste. The best in the three years I've been growing them. I'm learning to not rush them, and they need more time than a Mac. |
I agree that brix isn't the final arbiter of taste. But, I have seen a strong correlation. Baldwin is one of the few apples that I find tastes very good even at moderate brix levels. Braeburn is another which is tasty at reasonably low brix (~12), though they are even better if you get a well ripened one with 16+ brix. My Baldwin note from 10/16/2013 (one of the late drops from the PYO) was: "12.8-14 brix, medium sized, hard, with lots of crunch, juicy. Both the hard crunch and the flavor (a lemony acid) remind me of the Goldrush from my tree. A very good apple, especially for one with relatively low brix." (pic below) My apples have been entirely no-spray so far (just bagging). I'm not religiously against spraying anything, but if I can get away without it, I'm happy. Before deciding to add Euro plums, I did a bit of reading on Monterey Fungi Fighter and decided that I would spray it if needed. Tonight in doing some more reading on it, I'm having second thoughts. But, that is a post for another thread, which I'll probably start this weekend. |
Yes, Erwin Baur tastes great and has no diseases here. Good keeper too. Calville Blanc D'hiver ripens in October here typically. Early its so so, but with a real ripening, like Gold Rush, is fantastic. Even the texture is amazing. Winesap is a great good flavored keeper for me too. John S PDX OR |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 4, 13 at 6:27
Just for the record, I've eaten nothing but mediocre Baldwins from trees on my prop since- mine is not the ideal Baldwin site. Erwin Baur may be an under appreciated winner- it takes a while to bare but is a very strong grower. So far, Calville Blanc seems extremely lethargic coming out of the gate. Burnt Ridge sent me a rooted twig of that weeks later then I'd hoped and it didn't give me much growth. I'm not holding my breath for the chance to taste its fruit. Probably be another 7 years. Bob Cummins sent me a package of what he said were his favorite heirlooms a few years back and if Erwin Baur consistently produces fruit like the few I tasted this year it is the winner of the group for me. Of course, that's a big if. |
Finally got the last harvested this past weekend. Growing conditions were a challenge this year in several respects. First, for over a year I was living and working out of state and the person living in my home did not do anything with my orchard - no pruning in either 2012 or 2013, no fertilizing, no spraying, no pick-up of diseased fruit, etc. I heard from some friends that a few apples were picked and made into applesauce last year. I moved home in April, without time for any real maintainance before the flowers opened. Second, this was a really wet June through the 3rd week of July - never more than 3 days without rain and usually some at least every other day, 7 inches in one 8 day period. Even with the rain I managed to keep a spraying schedule going, but with rain every next day I suspect that the benefits of the sprays were lessened. In addition to the rain, much of June was hotter and therefore much more humid than normal. But anyway, on with the report. Stark EarliBlaze - 20+y old, very productive this year, good quality mid-August apple for eating and applesauce, some bug damage Jonagold - best production ever from this 20y old tree, at least 100 apples, though some were bird-pecked. The fruit did not get nearly as much bug effects as the EarliBlaze and Gala right next to it. They were huge, firm, delicious-my fav. Have to get a picture added later. Mutsu - 13y old, again as usual poor quality fruit with more bug marks and misshapen fruit. Gotta do something with this one. Graft to another variety? No pic. Hidden Rose - this ~15y.o. tree has suffered terribly at the hands (or should I say mouth) of maurauding deer for years - they seemed to much prefer eating the twigs and leaves of this variety, keeping it pruned to a small bush size despite various 'repellant' sprays, and once I thought it was dead. Now I am protecting it better with a wire cage and this year got the first, single fruit (squirrels got a few, and all looked bug marked to some degree). Very nice flavor with that unique pink color! Enterprise - nice fruit, love the disease resistance, fruit looked the best ever for me but some bird and squirrel damage. About 40 apples on a 13 year old tree. Looking to add some new apple trees this next year. Was hoping to try Nova Spy, Crimson Topaz, Williams Pride and possibly another one or two since the disease resistance appeals to me. I now have more time than in the past, so I hope to get some overgrown trees thinned and shortened so I can care for them better. |
eboone. Ah, now I know I'm not the only one playing the waiting game with Enterprise. After 6 years, 7 apples. Sounds like I'm right on target. Johnthecook, great looking apples! Congrats. I am sorry to hear that Calville Blanc d'Hiver are slow to fruit. I have two arriving next spring and cannot wait to try them. I love the lumps! Mrs. G |
MrsG I did get about this many nice apples 3 years ago from my Enterprise, then 2 yrs ago I had a lot of coddling moth damage and had only a few, then last year was away and the tree uncared for. I left them on the tree a little longer than usual this year and they have been really good. I had little time to care for my orchard in the past and with better pruning and spraying I think my production would have been better - thank God my job is now 40 hrs a week instead of 65. :) |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 12:41
Because my Honeycrisp were huge and bland I left them on the tree to drop and rot, not necessarily in that order. The few that did neither seem to have sweetened up into the classic Honeycrisp flavor while maintaining the texture. Amazing to be picking Honeycrisp in late Oct. The Baldwins have also gotten much more consistent and are mostly delicious- have to wait for background to turn yellow which happens very unevenly throughout the tree. This may be another reason for wild fluctuations in taste tests, they are probably often picked too green- they even fall off the tree too green. The Jonagolds are also ripening unevenly, but I'm sure if I harvested them all right now they'd mellow nicely in storage. One JG tree that always got corking in the flesh has good fruit this year- maybe because for once I did nothing to thin it because it had been a waste of time the last few years. Even without thinning the fruit is large enough and well flavored- on my thinned Jonagold the fruit is inconveniently huge. Suncrisp is a fine and intensely flavored variety which I finished picking yesterday. Seems to have spots that would rot or disflavor in long term storage but is not a liability for the time being. I don't want to have to do calcium sprays but because new varieties often have such large fruit they often seem to almost require it. Suncriisp seems to be pretty biennial here. Newtowns are almost ready and another really good eating, tart variety. Some of them have watercore which seems to indicate high brix. Leads to rot in storage, though. My Jonathons were amazing this year. They are the Rubyjon strain and I think I picked them a tad early in the past because they color up so much. They've only just become mushy on the tree and were still crunchy a week ago. I'm hoping more of my Goldrush turn yellow before weather turns too cold and that all my Pink Lady and Braeburn apples also have time to improve on their trees but it is a bit of a late ripening year so they will all be challenged. I have enough ripe Rush for my own needs but I'd like to get the quality up for gifting. I'd almost rather let them rot than give away mediocre apples. |
Harvestman - do you recall where you got your Suncrisp? That is another apple that sounds very interesting. |
Boone- In your neck of the woods Adam's County is out of Suncrisp until 2015 but Cummins Nursery has it, Novaspy, and W Pride. Anyone like Crimson varieties or Sundance? Novaspy (G.11) someone accidentally picked early. Despite that it was excellent when mellowed a few weeks on counter. Something (lots of rabbits) broke 2 of 3 lower scaffolds off cleanly, and CAR does hit the leaves hard. This had the lowest scaffolds of any tree so breakage may be more due to low height. Will definitely give it many more years to prove train and bear. Planted 2011, June thinned 4" to 6" This year tough was "peaches" hands down, with four trees and a huge harvest: a few hundred small PF1 with great looking early fruit and 100 larger Redhaven (tastiest). PF19-007 flavor disappointed but bore 100 small . PF24C tree tasted better with 150 small, though hit too hard by borers again. Have the PDB moth crystals around them now. Next time will thin much harder than thinned to less than 4" and had almost zero loss. Pears- 2 Harrow Delight and 1 Moonglow OHxF 333 - Harrow was delightful. Decent bloom some trees but not a lot of fruit set this year- young trees still. Big blessing, and a good year for vegetables also. Thanks to all here for a start! |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 1, 13 at 7:51
Suncrisp is very interesting. A friend of mine came by yesterday whose favorite apple is Goldrush but he seemed just as enamored of Suncrisp's very complex flavor and I like it enough to have saved a space for an entire tree although I'm not sure I can coax it to bare annually here. Tree is quite young so the jury is out on that. Off the tree, is sweeter than Goldrush, larger, with those anise like overtones. |
This year was so good, I'm looking forward to a scant harvest in 2014. |
The Sundance which I let hang two more weeks (until 10/14) was pretty good. It had 14-16.1 brix, and was flavorful with strong tart kick. Still, it was much sweeter than the earlier Sundance which were a bit tart for me. I've been seeing more heirloom apples at Whole Foods than in the past: Hudson's Golden Gem- 10/18, 16-18 brix. Some were already softening, but the all had good flavor. One of my parents (I forget which) thought it tasted like a pear. Blue Pearmain- 10/18, 13-14 brix. Very dense, meaty flesh, though not excessively crunchy. Not disagreeable, but the flavor is too mild for me. I have a graft of this one, but I probably wouldn't, if I'd tasted it first. As it is, I'll leave it to see how mine turn out. Noteworthy farmer's market apples: Suncrisp- good coloring, crisp/crunchy. 11.5-14.5 brix. 13-14.5 on another. Pretty good, with a hint of zip, but I think I'm still missing out on highly flavored the apple that Harvestman describes. Golden Russet- Last weekend, 17-20 brix. I like it a lot. Very dense flesh and good sweet flavor- it didn't appeal to my daughter, but my wife thought it was a pear and liked it- she isn't big on apples. Winesap- Last weekend, 14 brix. Completely red. Good flavor and crunch, a few small red lines through flesh. Baldwin- Last weekend, 14 brix, juicy, still has some crunch, but starting to get a bit too loose. Not great flavor- I had much better Baldwin last year (different orchard), though I think I also had some not-so-great ones from this vendor as well. My Goldrush haven't ripened as well as I'd like. I've still got most on the trees, since it hasn't gotten that cold here yet. We just got our first frost (killing tomato plants) last Thursday/Friday and I still have beans growing in a sheltered location (on a wall). The highest brix I've gotten this year from Goldrush is around 17.5. Not bad, but not as good as last year (19.7 on 10/23). Here's a pic of an interesting Goldrush. It was on a lower, South facing branch and got a lot of light on one side. the other side was pointed to the ground and the inside of the tree. The dark blushed side was in the 16-17 brix range and very dense. The other side was very pale, far less dense and around 11 brix. The entire apple wasn't strongly flavored, which surprised me a bit, as Goldrush has good kick, even under-ripe. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 2, 13 at 9:26
Bob, your situation with ripening seems similar to mine, where my Goldrush are not all ripe but accuweather is predicting 23 F. Mon, morning at around 7. I've got Pink Ladies and Braeburns that also need about another good week of reasonably warm weather. I will probably wind up harvesting a lot of the apples this weekend unless the forecast changes- maybe half of those I'd rather leave all of on the tree for more ripening if weather permitted. I've got a decent weather station this season so I'll get a clearer idea how much cold these varieties can take but the trees are starting to go dormant anyway- I'm not sure how much more sugar the trees can make. I grow some Hudson's Golden Gem because it is such a distinctive apple in texture, taste and appearance. Somehow low acid Russet apples tend to be very appealing to stink bugs and coddling moths and Golden Gem takes the cake in this department, right ahead of Golden Russet. They aren't nearly as damaged as my Korean Giant pears, though. I may begin following Scotts methods of using lures to reduce CM pressure on my site. Both of those varieties were good this year. Golden Russet packs lots of flavor for a sweet but the coarse texture and tough skin and dryness of the flesh keep it from being a favorite for me. I think I prefer the flavor of HGJ. My Newtowns seem ready to pick, and are nice, but not quite world class for a hard tart-sweet apple. No special aroma to them, but at least they are adequately ripe. I think the ones they grow in Santa Cruz may be superior. I actually prefer my Baldwins, which should be pretty much ready to finish harvesting this weekend. I doubt they will hold any crunch beyond Dec., however, even stored in the fridge. Suncrisp may be a better choice for lovers of Goldrush without adequate seasons to ripen the latter. Not as tart or quite as hard but maybe about as good because of having more bouquet. It is a complex apple that should be embraced by apple fanatics. I sampled a slightly over-ripe Spitzenburg yesterday and it is a nice apple for lovers of tart but not as nice as the Cameo should be for lovers of sweet. Cameo tastes how Red Delicious should with more flavor than my Fujis have this year. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Sun, Nov 3, 13 at 20:48
Hman, I have the same problem on my Hudsons: the stinkbugs completely ruin them. I thought it might have something to do with the location of the tree but if you are also having the problem it points to the variety as the source. My Golden Russet get some stinkbug damage but its nothing compared to Hudsons. Pomme Gris come through nearly perfectly. Scott |
I picked most of my Goldrush this weekend, as temps are forecast to go down into the 27-28 range tonight. I left most of the apples on the 2nd year tree next to a tall stone wall, figuring that would give it a few degrees. This is the coldest the 10 day forecast goes, so if they make it through, they could ripen a bit more. I picked 15 pounds of apples off the 3rd year tree, leaving 7-8 apples on, just to see if they pull through. About 5 pounds of the 15 were damaged by small cracks, rots, or bugs, so I've started eating them, leaving the perfect (though not necessarily pretty) ones for storage or company. Your Braeburns must be pretty close. I got some good ones on Saturday at the farmer's market. Very highly flavored, with crisp, dense, breaking flesh. The samples I took were only 12-13.8 brix, but it was still a very good apple. On Saturday, I was speaking to the vendor who sold the not-so-great Baldwins. I complimented him on the Comice pears I bought last weekend (nice, large, perfectly ripened, 18 brix). He said that he didn't have anymore, as the trees aren't productive and he only gets a few. Evidently, that is why they were quite large. The other pears he sells are quite small, as the guy who grows it (his brother, I think) doesn't thin much. He said that their asian pears are so small they aren't even worth selling (golf balls). Maybe that is why the Baldwin wasn't very flavorful. Of course, it didn't seem to hurt the Braeburn (mentioned above), as I also got those from him. Maybe Baldwin is more sensitive? |
Akane is also fantastic here in PNW: productive, distinctive, disease free, stays on the tree ripe for more than a month! Winesap also consistent winner. John S PDX OR |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 6:06
I think most apples benefit from thinning as far as brix level as well as size. If the Baldwins were small that may have been a problem but I'm pretty sure that Baldwins are a multiple picking apple. Mine don't really have full flavor until background color is yellow and not green and this happens over almost a month period with this variety- a few apples at a time. Once they turn yellow they must be almost immediately picked or they lose their texture. My outdoor thermometer sensor says 24 as I write this. I hurt my back moving so many apples and Olympic pears yesterday but I left much of the Goldrush and Pink lady crop out there hoping they can take this quick cold dip- we shall see. i have much more crop than I can possibly use so it is gifting that is on the line. I really want to find out what the line is with those two varieties and this is the only way I can do it. The literature is excessively conservative. |
- Posted by Fascist_Nation USDA 9b, Sunset 13, (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 9:27
To eboone, Looks more like bitter pit than bug bites, but could be signs the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is in your area. The Hidden Rose apple's asymmetry looks like incomplete pollination which may account for lack of fruit---how is the blooming? Though it could be cat facing, but the asymmetric area effected seems too large for that. |
Very rainy year and my early season apples had been below par across the board, but my late season apples so far have been better than usual. Especially impressed with my Stayman, which is usually a good apple, but this year has been the best so far. Braeburn and winesap also standouts. Still waiting on Goldrush, Granny Smith and Cripps - weather is holding out but the leaves are looking very beaten up at this point, I think as a result of my 'too' low spray program during such a rainy year. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 13 at 14:54
I didn't get too many apples this year but heres a report on a few. I over-crammed varieties, I have rows with about a foot per variety. Don't do dat! I'm growing too much wood and not enough apple. Akane - Its getting spot rot as usual, this guy I don't have time to deal with. It also is unproductive in my climate. Its an excellent tasting apple but time to go. Cherryville Black - This is an excellent early apple but squirrels got all the ripe ones this year. Pitmaston Pineapple - Excellent! Flesh is a bit on the dry side but not too bad. Flavor is great. Now I remember why I consider it the best yellow school apple, it beats out Roxbury, Orleans, Cloche, Clochard, etc. If it were bigger everyone would be growing it. Blenheim Orange - This is a great eating apple not just a great cooker. Quality varied in terms of amount of flavor but most were good. Tree has been extremely reliable and productive. Pomme Raisin - Decent but nothing special, an average tart cooking type apple. A member of the McIntosh school. Remove. Sierra Beauty - One fruit and it was heavily water cored and bland. seems not worth the space; remove. Burford also not positive on this one in VA. My Jewel - Very average. Another bust on California apple varieties in my climate. Tumanga - Early ones are very good, somewhat in the Newtown school. They should age well I expect. Ribston - excellent taste; had heavy watercore this year. Also rot damage. Probably time to remove this variety, it tastes great but is not up to the heat. Rubinette - This apple continues to rise in my eyes, it knocks your socks off with flavor. Any other apple is bland in comparison. Probably in my top three now, and may go higher. Bonne Hotture - They have an interesting, unusual, rich flavor. Reinette du Mans - Sort of similar to Blenheim, likely triploid large apple with that creamy taste. Quite sweet and not sour so potential as a sweet for cider. Goes mealy fast. Wickson - Hornets really took care of them. These guys are more like grapes in terms of sweet/sour: lots of both. Great for cider and probably good for other uses; not really for fresh eating, they split and look ugly. Hubbardston Nonesuch - similar to Abbondanza, even has similar pink color and striping. A very good apple with a mild aromatic flavor. Low on sugar though. Myers Royal Limbertwig - the usual stuff, a classic American apple type with a more interesting flavor than the other classic red American apples. Fair amount of stinkbugs. Super reliable every year with a large crop; sizes unevenly which limits commercial potential. GoldRush - Few apples this year due to overbearing last year. Excellent as usual. |
A 2014 update on the Baldwins. Last fall I got some no-so great Baldwins at the farmers market. They had 14 brix, but the flavor wasn't there. Last weekend (and again today), I got some more Baldwins from the same vendor. This year, they are great- top notch flavor, juicy, dense, and crunchy. The brix is a bit higher (most are 15-17, with a few in the 13-14 range), but that difference isn't enough to explain the flavor difference. I spoke with the grower today and asked if he did anything different this year. After saying "no, not really", he thought for a second and told me that it is a very biennial apple for them. This year is the off year, so effectively the trees self-thinned. Now, this doesn't help people growing them to sell, as the ones last year sized up fine (maybe a tad smaller, but completely normal in size). But, as the consumer of the apples, it may be something to look for. I was thinking about it and next week I may ask if he has any other apples which have had a bad year in terms of fruit-set. |
- Posted by michael357 5b, KS (My Page) on Sat, Oct 25, 14 at 21:08
Thanks Bob: my Rox Russ tree produced great but the fruit wouldn't hang long enough to get fully ripe it seems,almost never had any color. In the end we stripped what was left and pressed it with Jonagold to make a tasty cider. |
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This indicator measures the extent to which individuals and firms have confidence in and abide by the rules of society; in particular, it measures the functioning and independence of the judiciary, including the police, the protection of property rights, the quality of contract enforcement, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.
Countries are evaluated on the following factors:
- public confidence in the police force and judicial system; popular observance of the law; a tradition of law and order; strength and impartiality of the legal system;
- prevalence of petty crime, violent crime, and organized crime; foreign kidnappings; economic impact of crime on local businesses; prevalence of human trafficking; government commitment to combating human trafficking;
- the extent to which a well-functioning and accountable police force protects citizens and their property from crime and violence; when serious crimes do occur, the extent to which they are reported to the police and investigated;
- security of private property rights; protection of intellectual property; the accuracy and integrity of the property registry; whether citizens are protected from arbitrary and/or unjust deprivation of property;
- the enforceability of private contracts and government contracts;
- the existence of an institutional, legal, and market framework for secure land tenure; equal access to land among men and women; effective management of common property resources; equitable user-rights over water resources for agriculture and local participation in the management of water resources;
- the prevalence of tax evasion and insider trading; size of the informal economy;
- independence, effectiveness, predictability, and integrity of the judiciary; compliance with court rulings; legal recourse for challenging government actions; ability to sue the government through independent and impartial courts; willingness of citizens to accept legal adjudication over physical and illegal measures; government compliance with judicial decisions, which are not subject to change except through established procedures for judicial review;
- the independence of prosecutors from political direction and control;
- the existence of effective and democratic civilian state control of the police, military, and internal security forces through the judicial, legislative, and executive branches; the police, military, and internal security services respect human rights and are held accountable for any abuses of power;
- impartiality and nondiscrimination in the administration of justice; citizens are given a fair, public, and timely hearing by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal; citizens have the right to independent counsel and those charged with serious felonies are provided access to independent counsel when it is beyond their means; low-cost means are available for pursuing small claims; citizens can pursue claims against the state without fear of retaliation;
- protection of judges and magistrates from interference by the executive and legislative branches; judges are appointed, promoted, and dismissed in a fair and unbiased manner; judges are appropriately trained to carry out justice in a fair and unbiased manner; members of the national-level judiciary must give reasons for their decisions; existence of a judicial ombudsman (or equivalent agency or mechanism) that can initiate investigations and impose penalties on offenders;
- law enforcement agencies are protected from political interference and have sufficient budgets to carry out their mandates; appointments to law enforcement agencies are made according to professional criteria; law enforcement officials are not immune from criminal proceedings;
- the existence of an independent reporting mechanism for citizens to complain about police actions; timeliness of government response to citizen complaints about police actions.
Relationship to Growth & Poverty Reduction
Judicial independence is strongly linked to growth as it promotes a stable investment environment. 1 On average, business environments characterized by consistent policies and credible rules, such as secure property rights and contract enforceability, create higher levels of investment and growth. 2 Secure property rights and contract enforceability also have a positive impact on poverty by granting citizens secure rights to their own assets. 3 Research shows that people who do not have the resources or the connections to protect their rights informally are usually in most need of formal protection through efficient legal systems. 4
The indicator is an index combining up to 23 different assessments and surveys, depending on availability, each of which receives a different weight, depending on its estimated precision and country coverage. The Rule of Law indicator draws on data, as applicable, from the Country Policy and Institutional Assessments of the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank, the Afrobarometer Survey, the World Bank's Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey, the Bertelsmann Foundation's Bertelsmann Transformation Index, Freedom House's Nations in Transit and Countries at the Crossroads reports, Global Insight's Business Conditions and Risk Indicators, the Economist Intelligence Unit's Country Risk Service, the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report, Global Integrity's Global Integrity Report and African Integrity Indicators, the Gallup World Poll, the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom, Cingranelli-Richards' Human Rights Database, the International Fund for Agricultural Development's Rural Sector Performance Assessments, the French Government's Institutional Profiles Database, the Latinobarometro Survey, Political Risk Service's International Country Risk Guide, the United States State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report, Vanderbilt University's Americas Barometer, Institute for Management and Development's World Competitiveness Yearbook, and the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index.
- 1. Henisz, Witold J. 2000. The Institutional Environment for Economic Growth. Economics and Politics 12(1): 1-31. Feld, Lars, and Voigt, Stefan. 2003. Economic growth and judicial independence: cross-country evidence using a new set of indicators. European Journal of Political Economy 19(3): 497-527
- 2. Brunetti, A., Kisunko, G.,Weder, B., 1998. Credibility of rules and economic growth: evidence from a worldwide survey of the private sector. World Bank Economic Review 12, 353–384. Rigobon, Roberto and Dani Rodrik 2005. Rule of Law, Democracy, Openness and Income: Estimating the Interrelationships. Economics of Transition 13(3): 533- 564. Knack, Steve, Chris Clague, Phil Keefer, and Mancur Olson. 1999. Contract-Intensive Money: Contract Enforcement, Property Rights, and Economic Performance. Journal of Economic Growth: 4: 185–211. Rodrik, Dani, Subramanian, Arvind, and Francesco Trebbi. 2004. Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development. Journal of Economic Growth 9(2): 131-165. Easterly, William, Jozef Ritzen, and Michael Woolcock. 2006. Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth. Economics and Politics 18(2): 103-120. Rodrik, D. (ed.) 2003. In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth. Princeton: Princeton University Press. North, D.C. 1981. Structure and Change in Economic History. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. Svensson, J. 1998. Investment, Property Rights and Political Instability: Theory and Evidence. European Economic Review 42(7): 1317-1341. Johnson, McMillan, and Woodruff. 2002. Property Rights and Finance. The American Economic Review 92(5): 1335-1356. Besley, Timothy. 1995. Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence form Ghana. Journal of Political Economy 103(5): 905-93. Keefer, P., and S. Knack. 2002. Polarization, Politics, and Property Rights: Links between Inequality and Growth. Public Choice 111(1–2): 127–54. Mauro, Paolo. 1995. Corruption and Growth. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110: 681-712. Hall, R., and C. Jones. 1999. Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output per Worker than Others? Quarterly Journal of Economics 114: 83–116. Rodrik, Dani. 1999. Where Did All the Growth Go? External Shocks, Social Conflict, and Growth Collapses Journal of Economic Growth 4(4): 385– 412. Tornell, A., Velasco, A., 1992. The tragedy of the commons and economic growth: Why does capital flow from poor to rich countries. Journal of Political Economy 100: 1208-1231.
- 3. Chong, Alberto and César Calderón. 2000. Institutional quality and poverty measures in a cross-section of countries. Economics of Governance 1(2): 123-135. Dollar, D and A. Kraay 2002. Growth is Good for the Poor. Journal of Economic Growth 7(3): 195-225. World Bank. 2005. Pro-Poor Growth in the 1990s: Lessons and Insights from 14 Countries. Washington D.C.: World Bank.
- 4. World Bank. 2003. Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction. Washington D.C.: World Bank. Ghani, Ashraf. 2006. Economic development, poverty reduction, and the rule of law: Lessons from East Asia, successes and failures. High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. World Bank. 2006. Doing Business 2007: How to Reform. Washington D.C.: World Bank.

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My ladyfriend and I would love to make some cast leaves for birdbaths, or just decor in the garden next spring.
But where do I look, I know I saw some pics, and some of the gals spoke how they accomplished their beautiful results. Would there be someone out there that could give some fine pointers for this craft, we are really novices, but want to give it a shot. Many thanks for anything you can provide! Looking forward to some assistance, and fortitude! |
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- Posted by cannahavana z7a Knoxville (My Page) on Mon, Oct 3, 05 at 17:14
Hi fuddy, I have done a few and they are a lot of fun. Over on the hypertufa forum, they talk about leaf casts all the time. http://search.gardenweb.com/search/nph-ind.cgi?term=leaf+cast&forum=hypertufa&forum_name=Hypertufa Have fun! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hypertufa forum leaf cast search
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Here's the link to one mentioned here earlier. ~Rosemarie |
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Schedule of Events
2014 Pioneer Village Memorial Weekend Heritage Days
Sunday & Monday, May 25 & 26, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $2 adults, $1 children
Costumed interpreters demonstrate old world crafts including blacksmithing, weaving, basket making, candle making and much more. Enjoy food, ice cream in the Soda Fountain, kid's crafts, games and music in the Saloon & Gazebo as well as wild west shoot out skits by the Wapsi Wranglers.
2014 Pioneer Village Labor Day Celebration
Sunday & Monday, August 31 & Sept 1, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $2 adults, $1 children
Period dressed "Friends" demonstrate crafts & sell their wares. Food, children's games, make-it-take-it crafts & fun for all. Enjoy old time music in the Saloon and Gazebo.
Village Harvest Moon Song & Dance Fest
Sunday, October 5, 2014, 1-5 p.m.
Admission: $5 adults, $3 children.
Experience 100 years of rural American music and dance demonstrations! Check our Facebook page throughout the year for entertainment schedule updates and information: http://www.facebook.com/scottcountyconservation
Christmas Walk
Sunday, November 30, 2014, noon-4 p.m.
Admission: Free with food bank donation.
Santa will be in the General Store, Cookies & hot drinks for sale in the Soda Fountain, music in the church, crafts and games.
2nd Saturday's at the Village
Join us for free entertainment from 1-4 p.m. on May 10, June 14, July 12, Aug 9 and Sept 13.
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May 10 – Walnut Grove Butler #2 County School Reunion and Exhibit Reception
June 14 – Celebrate Iowa Museum Week with a Laura Ingalls Wilder Exhibit and activities hosted by local historian, Pat Oster
Young Pioneers Day Camp
June 9, 2014 - August 8, 2014.
Eight one-week sessions
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Sessions include Laura Ingalls Wilder, Nature, Native American Week plus others. Camp includes activities, crafts, hiking & exploring, swimming on Fridays and a field trip outing one day per week.
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If you ever wondered what it would be like if sock puppets covered Slayer's "Raining Blood", today is your luckly today. Check out the going-viral video below.
If you're still wondering what it would be like to see the actual band Slayer live, well, it may not be the same, but you have the chance when the thrash metal legends hit the road with fellow legends Suicidal Tendencies and Exodus in November. Hopefully you didn't wait too long to get tickets to their NJ show at Wellmont (now sold out), but tickets are still available for 11/30 at Tower Theatre in Philadelphia (technically Upper Darby), AND we're offering a special offer on four tickets. Enter the code BVSLAYER in the 'offer code' box when placing your ticket order, and you'll get 4 total tickets to the Philly show. for the price of 3.. Order tickets HERE.
All dates HERE. That video below...
Some unfortunate news for concertgoers in Philly today. R5 Productions have announced that the shows they've been doing at First Unitarian Church since 1996 will be coming to an end ("kind of"). Here's what they say:
Hellos - We have some sad news to pass along. As you likely know, we (r5) have booked thousands of shows at The First Unitarian Church since 1996. A bunch of now super famous and legendary bands got their first "big break" there.... Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, At The Drive In, TV On The Radio, the xx etc. Even Ryan Gosling came through to play at the now infamous venue.They say there will still be occasional shows in 2015, but these last 2014 shows are their "last 'hurrah' so to speak." Tons of good shows are coming up this year too, including YACHT / White Fang, King Tuff / Cassie Ramone, Iceage / Helm, Merchandise, Boysetsfire, David Bazan, The Dismemberment Plan / Priests, Restorations / Cayetana / Three Man Cannon / Hurry, Pig Destroyer and more. Tickets are available at R5's site.In the last few years, we have been fortunate enough to open two dedicated venues, Union Transfer and Boot & Saddle. With these new venues and a slew of other that have opened up around Philadelphia, it's become increasingly difficult to book bands who want to play the church. The church heavily relied on our rental income for the basement hall and since we were no longer using the space as frequently as we have in the past, they understandably had to find a more permanent tenant.
In a few weeks an after school group will begin to use the basement hall which will make our ability to host shows on weeknights extremely difficult. We still plan/hope to do shows on Saturdays and Sundays moving forward. We realize that limiting ourselves to just two days, there won't be many opportunities to present future shows in our favorite venue.
So over the next few weeks, this will be our last big series of shows at the church. We'll still have a show or two here or there but this is essentially the last big run. Take a quick look below for our remaining church shows in 2014. We encourage you to come out to a show, especially now that fall has arrived and it's the perfect church show going weather (aside from those gross ginkgo smell balls - we certainly wont miss those).
The church has been and continues to be an amazing partner to work with for almost twenty years. What other church would ever let a group called Pig Destroyer play a five days before Christmas? We are forever in debt to them.
One last thing, this does NOT include the seated shows in The Sanctuary or smaller Side Chapel. Those will continue to happen as normal.
Hope to see you out at the church at some point this year.
Full remaining schedule below...
by Andrew Sacher
Swearin' at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by PSquared)
Both Screaming Females and Swearin' spend a lot of time touring, and with both bands living so close to NYC, we get plenty of chances to see them here. Neither band have anything scheduled here at the moment, but they'll be pretty close when they team up for a show in Philly on New Year's Eve at Johnny Brenda's. This punky double bill is as a good a reason as any to ring in the new year in Philly, and tickets to do so go on sale Wednesday (11/13) at noon. Philly band Batty, who, like Screaming Females, played Ladyfest Philly this year, open the show. All dates for both Screaming Females and Swearin' are listed below.
If you haven't heard the new Swearin' album Surfing Strange, which came out last week (11/5), I think it's a huge step up from their already-great debut and I highly recommend it. On the debut, they basically came off as a pop punk band -- a lo-fi one that appealed to the indie rock kids, but a pop punk band nonetheless (not saying that's a bad thing, by the way) -- and it made sense. Most of the songs were handled by Allison Crutchfield, whose pop punk band P.S. Eliot, which she drummed in and her sister Katie (who now records as Waxahatchee) sang/played guitar in, had just broken up.
But the new album is far more collaborative, and as a result, far more diverse. Guitarist Kyle Gilbride (who used to front Big Soda) splits lead vocals almost evenly with Allison this time around, and they do more Pixies-style dual vocals together too. When Kyle does take lead, he's letting out an aggressive whine falling somewhere between Superchunk's Mac McCaughn and Built to Spill's Doug Martsch, with the earworm melodies to back comparisons like that up. Meanwhile bassist Keith Spencer, who didn't sing lead at all on the first album, takes the mic for two songs on this one, both wildly different from each other and from the rest of the album. "Melanoma" falls somewhere between Mineral and Red House Painters, and "Glare of the Sun" sounds like a Revolver-era Beatles song for the current DIY rock scene. The rest of the album sees the band going through the perfect power pop of early Weezer, J Mascis-worthy power chord riffage, and just the kind of bracing indie rock that will (hopefully) never go out of style.
All dates for Swearin' and Screaming Females are listed, along with a Spotify stream of Surfing Strange and videos from both bands, below...
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Nine Inch Nails / Kendrick Lamar / Miguel
Nine Inch Nails headlined the second night of Made In America, filling the "rock legend" slot occupied by Pearl Jam at last year's festival. As with Pearl Jam, many fans showed up mainly to see the headliner, and others left before their set. Like Public Enemy, who played the Rocky stage the prior day, NIN do not fit into the #YOLO vibe, which means that a good amount of the audience don't know what to do with their music. Are girls expected to grind? Should guys twirl their t-shirts over their heads? There's no question that it's a much different era from the one when Trent Reznor and crew leveled the stage at Woodstock '94 and had their zeitgeist moment. [CBS Philly]The Jay Z-curated Budweiser Made In America Festival on Philly's Benjamin Franklin Parkway wrapped up on Sunday (9/1) with sets from Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Miguel, Black Hippy (aka Kendrick Lamar/Schoolboy Q/Ab-Soul/Jay Rock), Diarrhea Planet and Solange. Pictures of those artists are in this post. The second day of the festival also included sets by The Gaslight Anthem, Wavves, AlunaGeorge, The Front Bottoms, Pujol, The Underachievers, and more.
Kendrick Lamar/Ab-Soul/Jay Rock and AlunaGeorge will be playing NYC soon. Nine Inch Nails (with Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and Queens of the Stone Age (with The Kills) will be playing the Jay Z-affiliated Barclays Center later this year.
If you haven't been keeping up with our Made In America coverage, check out pictures of day 1 (part 1) and day 1 (part 2). Stay tuned for another set of day 2 pictures. More of this set, below...
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Queens of the Stone Age at Made In America - 9/1/13
Queens of The Stone Age just played the Jay Z-curated Made In America festival in Philly on Sunday (9/1), and like some of the other big names on that festival, they're coming to NYC later this year for a show at the Jay Z-affiliated Barclays Center (12/14). Since we last spoke, it's been announced that The Kills will be opening that show, making for an excellent double bill. Tickets for that show go on sale Thursday (9/5) at 10 AM.
Like we just said, QOTSA played the second day of Made In America over the weekend. For their 13-song set, they played mainly off of 2002's Songs for the Deaf and this year's ...Like Clockwork, in addition to a few others. Their full setlist and pictures from their set at the festival are in this post. Stay tuned for more day 2 coverage, and check out pictures of day 1 (part 1) and day 1 (part 2).
Meanwhile, both Queens of the Stone Age and The Kills have members in Jack White's supergroup, The Dead Weather (Dean Fertita and Alison Mosshart, respectively). Jack's label, Third Man Records, tweeted last week (8/29) that The Dead Weather were "working on new songs in the studio yesterday... (and searching for bodies)." The TBA third album follows 2009's Horehound and 2010's Sea of Cowards.
More pictures of QOTSA at Made In America and their setlist, below...
photos by Greg Cristman
A$AP Rocky / Haim
We just posted a set of pictures from day 1 (8/31) of Philly's two-day Jay Z-curated Made In America festival, which went down on Benjamin Franklin Parkway over the weekend. Here's a second set of pictures from that day, including shots of Beyonce, Phoenix, Empire of the Sun, Deadmau5, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, and Haim.
More below...
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Phoenix / Beyonce / Deadmau5 fan
"We are Phoenix, from Paris, France" lead singer Thomas Mars shouted. "Are you with us or what?"The Jay Z-curated Made In America festival went down on Philly's Benjamin Franklin Parkway this past weekend (Saturday, 8/31 and Sunday, 9/1). The first day included sets from Beyonce, Phoenix, Empire of the Sun, Public Enemy, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky (who showed up late and played an abbreviated set), Haim, Rudimental, and more. Pictures of those artists (and a few) others are in this post. The festival also had a few last-minute punky additions on the Skate Park Stage including Cloud Nothings, Balance & Composure, and Restorations, who we unfortunately missed.This gave way to the dance-pop musings of "Trying To Be Cool". The main-stage fans, many of whom had waited all day through the draining and relentless heat for Beyonce, appeared to be simultaneously exhausted and excited.
Mars then laid down on the stage, foreshadowing the introduction of their riveting instrumental track "Love Like A Sunset Part 1", a song crushingly augmented by a guitar riff mixed much louder than it was on record.
Then it was time for "1901". Mars stood on the front-row barriers propped up by security as cameras and phones popped out of every orifice of the embracing audience. He then took to the sea of fans, singing as he swam across their heads until he popped up at the soundboard rafters and made his way back. [Crave Online]
Jay Z also used the festival to announce his upcoming Magna Carta World Tour. Dates haven't been announced yet but will be soon, so stay tuned.
Some of the artists who played day 1 will be in NYC this week and next, including Haim, who play Webster Hall tonight (9/3) with IO Echo (sold out), and 2 Chainz who plays Williamsburg Park on 9/10.
Beyonce and Phoenix will also be back later this year to play Jay Z's home base, Barclays Center.
Stay tuned for day 2 pictures. A second set of day 1 pics is HERE and more of day 1 below...
Cloud Nothings at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)
As discussed, the Jay Z-curated Budweiser Made In America Festival is returning this weekend to Philly's Benjamin Franklin Parkway (8/31-9/1), and the mostly pop/rap/R&B festival just got a little more, um... punk. Aside from the fact that it already included The Gaslight Anthem (who are pretty much a festival regular by now anyway), the lineup now includes Cloud Nothings, Restorations, Balance & Composure, The Front Bottoms, Diarrhea Planet, PUJOL, and more. And you thought it was weird when Jay Z saw Grizzly Bear.
UPDATE: And one more: Wavves was added to the TBA slot on Sunday.
Other non-punk additions that have happened since we last spoke include Rudimental and The Underachievers. The full schedule was also recently announced, and you can check that out below.
Many of the artists playing Made In America also have NYC or NJ shows this weekend (or soon after), including The Front Bottoms, Diarrhea Planet, Rudimental, The Underachievers, Kendrick, Ab Soul & Jay Rock, AlunaGeorge, Haim, and 2 Chainz.
Also, a number of the artists playing will be in NYC later this year to play Jay Z's stomping grounds, Barclays Center, including Phoenix, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, and Beyonce.
Made In America schedule below...
by Andrew Sacher
Kurt Vile at Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Kurt Vile released his new album, Wakin On A Pretty Daze, this past April. It's a fantastic double album which takes the style he perfected on 2011's Smoke Ring For My Halo to new, ambitious heights without ever overdoing it or dragging. If you haven't listened, I couldn't recommend it enough.
Kurt just released a video for the third single from that album, "KV Crimes." The video was directed by WFMU host Tom Scharpling (who has also directed videos for Ben Gibbard, Nude Beach, and Aimee Mann) and features lots of people clapping, singing along, and waving KV flags as Kurt is paraded through his hometown of Philadelphia. Check it out below.
Philly has also given their hometown hero another honor as well. Matablog reports...
By mayoral decree, August 28 will officially be Kurt Vile Day in Philadelphia! On that date, Kurt will give a free solo performance in City Hall Courtyard at 5:30pm for the season finale of the City Hall Presents summer concert series. Prior to his performance, the City of Philadelphia will present Kurt with the Liberty Bell Award, the highest honor the City can bestow upon one of its citizens. This award is given only to native Philadelphians, and is presented in recognition of outstanding professional achievements and civic generosity.Way to go, Kurt.
As mentioned, Kurt Vile will be in NYC for the free 4Knots Music Festival on June 29 which takes place on Pier 17 at South Street Seaport. The rest of that lineup is also great, and includes names like The Men, Parquet Courts, Marnie Stern, Reigning Sound, White Lung, and more. Show starts at 1 PM.
The next day (6/30), Kurt will hang around NYC for the previously announced Big Star's Third tribute show on Central Park Summerstage. In addition to KV, that show will also include vocalists Sharon Van Etten, Marhsall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Reeve Carney, Jonathan Donahue (Mercury Rev), and Beck Stark backed by a band that includes Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Mitch Easter (Let's Active), Chris Stamey (The dB's), Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star), Charles Cleaver, and Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony). That show starts at 7 PM, is open to all ages, and is totally free.
Kurt also recently performed live on KEXP. You can watch a video of that performance, the new music video for "KV Crimes," and the list of updated Kurt Vile dates, below...
(photo via Peter Santana)
As mentioned, The Rolling Stones are going on a North American tour this year (Mick Taylor included). The tour was set to kick off in LA on May 2 but was pushed back a day due to NBA playoffs, and will now begin at LA's Staples Center on May 3. However, they did a surprise show at a much smaller LA venue last night (4/27): the 320-cap Echoplex club, as Reuters reports. A picture of the setlist and a video from last night's show are below.
Still no NYC dates announced for this run, but they'll make their way over to the Northeast for shows in Boston on June 12 and 14 at TD Garden and in Philly on June 18 and 21 at Wells Fargo Center. Tickets for those shows and other North American dates are still available.
Updated dates, including three shows in Chicago, are listed, along with the setlist and video from Echoplex, below...
Screaming Females at 92YTribeca in 2012 (more by Chris La Putt)
Ladyfest, which has taken place in various cities over the past few years, is returning to Philly for the first time since 2003 from June 7 - 9 at the Rotunda and other locations in West Philadelphia. The festival's mission statement reads:
Ladyfest Philadelphia is a grassroots event dedicated to the artistic, organizational, and political work of women, trans, genderqueer, intersex, and queer people, and their allies. Ladyfest combats substantive, cultural, and structural inequalities by building upon the existing Philadelphia community of artists, musicians, and activists. It aims to foster a more inclusive and safe environment through performances, workshops, panels, opportunities for collaboration, and more.This year's lineup includes sets from Screaming Females (who play Maxwell's soon), Potty Mouth, US Girls, Aye Nako (who play with Speedy Ortiz soon), Priests, Black Wine (who play Death by Audio soon), Trophy Wife, Kate Ferencz, Mindtroll, Whore Paint, Shady Hawkins, Parasol, Void Vision, and others. Ticket info is TBA but all proceeds will go to Women in Transition and SAFE Home
Full lineup and list of workshops below...
photos by Kevin Figueroa
Autre Ne Veut @ BrooklynVegan SXSW 2013
"It was 85 degrees [Saturday] afternoon with the sun beating down hard on the pavement at Old Emo's. So the crowd at the Brooklyn Vegan day party instinctively packed into the shady spots by the stage for Autre Ne Veut's set. Arthur Ashin laid out a series of songs from Anxiety and, despite the punishing weather, put on a solid show." [Pitchfork]Delorean (Wednesday), Autre Ne Veut (Saturday), and Doldrums (Saturday) all played solid sets at BrooklynVegan day parties at SXSW this year, but sadly, at the moment only one of them has NYC shows announced. That would be Doldrums whose tour dates bring them to Mercury Lounge in May, and even sooner to 285 Kent in Brooklyn on Saturday, April 13 which is one day after they share a bill in Philly with Delorean and Autre Ne Veut. That right there is a reason to be in Pennsylvania on April 12. Tickets for the $12 Making Time show at Voyeur are still available (and Jacques Greene is on the bill too).
More tour dates and pictures from BV-SXSW, below...
The Roots are putting on their 6th Annual Roots Picnic in Philly on June 1 at Penns Landing with a pretty great lineup of Grimes, Solange, Joey Bada$$, How to Dress Well, Hit-Boy, Araabmuzik, DJ Premier, Naughty By Nature (backed by The Roots), Robert Glasper, Gary Clark Jr., Lushlife, and more. Tickets for the festival are on sale now.
Full lineup below...
The stolen guitar...
Hi -- Thurston Moore had his 1966 (circa) Fender Jazzmaster stolen from the Best Western in Philadelphia (501 N 22nd St) last night 12-12-12 around 12 midnight. It's Thurston's iconic Sonic Youth black Jazzmaster with all the stickers on its body. Here's a couple of photos. A police report has been filed. Please email us if anyone tries to sell this relic to yur store, it would be appreciated. Please forward to other guitar stores you may know in the area.Be on the lookout! Additional info: "it has a Mastery Bridge, and the pickguard has been changed so stickers might be different. it's a 1960 serial#41927." Hope you get it back Thurston.Thanks,
Thurston played SPACE in Philly last night as part of a short string of dates that included Union Pool the other night and includes an upcoming show at Bowery Electric. Another shot of the guitar is below...
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Instrumental hip hop producer RJD2, who has a handful of solo material along with a number of collaborations with rappers in the Def Jux/Rhymesayers realm (among other things), will be celebrating New Year's Eve in NYC with a show at Gramercy Theater (12/31) with Com Truise and Chrome Sparks (DJ). Tickets for that show are still available and we also have two pairs to giveaway. Details on how to win are below.
In more year-end celebrations for RJD2, we spoke to him about his top ten things of 2012. Only four of them are albums and only three of those albums came out this year, but it's a pretty awesome list and you can check out the entire thing below.
"Watching Neil young in Phili. He's telling us all we are fuck ups. This is interesting. He isn't just banging out hits." - Beach House
Neil Young & Crazy Horse at MSG on Tuesday (more by Gretchen Robinette)
After playing MSG on Tuesday (11/27), Neil Young & Crazy Horse continued their tour with Patti Smith at the Wells Fargo Center in Philly last night (11/29). The setlist was the same as MSG (and basically the rest of the tour), except for the encore which Neil sometimes changes up, treating Philly to the massive "Like A Hurricane." The full setlist is below.
As mentioned, Neil Young & Crazy Horse will play a Hurricane Sandy benefit in Atlantic City at the Borgata on December 6. Tickets for that show go on sale today at 10 AM.
Patti Smith isn't on that one but you can still catch her with NY&CH in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center on Monday (12/3) (tickets).
Philly setlist below.
Chan Marshall aka Cat Power instagrammed the above picture tonight, with this message:
I MAY HAVE TO CANCEL MY EUROPEAN TOUR DUE TO BANKRUPTCY & MY HEALTH STRUGGLE WITH ANGIOEDEMA. I HAVE NOT THROWN IN ANY TOWEL, I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT BEST I CAN DO. HEART BROKEN. WORKED SO HARD. GOT SICK DAY AFTER "SUN" CAME OUT & BEEN STRUGGLING TO KEEP ALL POINTS OF ME IN EQUILIBRIUM : MIND, SPIRIT, BODY HEALTHY CENTERED & GROUNDED. I AM DOING THE BEST I CAN. I FUCKING LOVE THIS PLANET. I REFUSE TO GIVE UP. THOUGH I MAY NEED TO RESTRATAGIZE FOR MY SECURITY & HEALTH.Chan, you definitely better not give up. We all love you too much.
UPDATE: Cat Power announced on Thursday (11/1) that the European tour will go on, but without all the "stage presentation" (aka no lasers, no gorilla).
Cat Power headlined Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC one week ago, and since had to postpone a Philly show due to the hurricane (new date = 1/30). She is scheduled to play in Minneapolis tonight (10/30). Her full list of currently scheduled dates is below..
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photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
Run DMC / Pearl Jam / Drake at Made in America Fest 9/3/2012
A Run DMC reunion was one of the many highlights of the second day of the Jay-Z presented Made in America Festival which happened in Philadelphia over Labor Day Weekend. Monday's show also featured Pearl Jam, Drake, X, The Hives and others. Jay-Z joined Pearl Jam during their set for a performance of "99 Problems".
Pictures from day 1 are HERE and more pics from day 2 are below (along with Run DMC's setlist).
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Many Madonna fans are wondering if the "Material Girl" owns a watch after she took the stage late in Philadelphia Tuesday evening.Madge should know better than to start so late on a school night. (Even though school starts next week.) Let's hope she starts on time at her two Yankee Stadium shows next week.Some concert-goers were so frustrated that they left the Wells Fargo Center before the show even began.
The concert was scheduled to start at 8 p.m., but Madonna did not take the stage until about 10:30 p.m. Making matters worse for fans was the fact that the opening act was simply a DJ spinning some tunes.
Madonna fan Jen Gililand told Eyewitness News she paid good money to bring her 10-year-old to the show, but she had to leave before it started because of Madonna's tardiness.
"It's 10:15 ... it's time to go," Gililand said...
...When Madonna finally did take the stage, she apparently apologized to the crowd. However, in typical Philadelphia fashion, Madonna was booed, not once, but twice. - [CBS Local]
Gary Clark Jr. at Coachella 2012 (more by David Andrako)
As mentioned, Philly's Made In America Festival goes down this weekend (9/1 - 9/2) on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Since we last spoke, the lineup was expanded and now includes Drake (who was rumored but not on the initial lineup announcement), Jill Scott, Chris Cornell, The Hives, and Run DMC, who are all playing the second day (9/2), in addition to blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr., who will be on the only performer on the bill playing both days, and others. Day 1 (9/1) will be headlined by festival head Jay-Z, and also includes Skrillex, Passion Pit, D'Angelo, Dirty Projectors, Janelle Monae, and others, and day 2 (9/2) will be headlined by Pearl Jam and also includes Odd Future, X, Santigold, and others. Tickets for the festival are still available.
If you're going to the fest, Philly is only about a two hour drive from NYC and this FAQ should help you find your way over (for directions use the address of Ben Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia or the Philadelphia Museum of Art). Once you're there, that FAQ will also help you find your way around, parking tips, and more. There will be a free filtered water service at the festival site, but you can't bring glowsticks (sorry Skrillex fans).
A #MadeInAmerica video for Gary Clark Jr. and the lineup for the festival are below.
photos by Dominick Mastrangelo
Sigur Ros at Skyline Stage 7/29/2012
Sigur Ros's played the Skyline Stage in Philadelphia last night (7/29). The show marked the Sigur Ros's return to the US as part of a tour that hits a sold-out Prospect Park tomorrow (7/31), the US indoctrination of their new LP Valtari, as well as the inaugural show at the new Skyline Stage at The Mann Center (they also bless that stage tonight). Perfume Genius, who is on tour with the Icelandic crew, supported last night and will again tonight. In celebration of the event, the venue gave away collectible cards featuring Sigur Ros. Check out one of those cards below alongside more pictures from the show and the setlist.
In interesting Sigur Ros related news, the band's producer, Birgir Jón Birgisson, will produce the new Alcest LP:
"Hello there! Some days ago Winterhalter and I recorded demos for the next Alcest album, for which I have almost finished the songwriting. Only a few arrangements are missing, and the lyrics as well... In our case they always come late in the process... I feel very excited about these songs and this new approach feels very refreshing to me. I also can tell that the album will be recorded next March in Iceland at Sundlaugin, Sigur Rós' studios, with producer Birgir Jón Birgisson. There will also be guests appearances - more infos about this will come later. I will keep you posted!" -[Neige of Alcest]Very interesting.
That trading card, pictures and the setlist are below.
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
Roger Waters brought his The Wall tour to Philly's Citizens Bank Park on Saturday (7/14), after hitting NYC twice earlier this month. Like the other shows, the band played in front of the giant titualar wall, and the show was broken up into two sets, each being a different platter of the double album. The setlist of course, was The Wall in its entirety. The Philly Inquirer write:
Given that The Wall eventually draws a pointed analogy between rock excess and Fascist spectacle, the sprawling, thoroughly immodest production was awash in unintended irony. "In the Flesh" staged a rock concert as Nazi rally, climaxing with Waters machine-gunning the crowd, who heartily cheered their own mock execution. During "Bring the Boys Back Home," the stage behind Waters flooded with images of poverty and famine, climaxing with a photo of what looked like a starving African child; the image was disturbing but also deracinated, torn from its specific time and place to make a statement so broad it verged on generic. Onscreen quotes referenced Kafka and George Orwell, but there was something disconcerting, even grotesque, about the obeisance Waters' own spectacle demanded. With its enveloping surround sound, The Wall made surrender seductive, not the natural endpoint for an evening that began with a speech from Spartacus.More pictures, videos, and setlist from the Philly are below...
The Promise Ring at Irving Plaza in May (more by Joe McCabe)
As mentioned, Riot Fest East (aka the one that happens in Philly) was just postponed to a TBA date. The reunited Promise Ring who played Bamboozle and a NYC show at Irving Plaza back in May, were scheduled to play day one of Riot Fest East. Instead they'll play their own Philly show at First Unitarian Church on July 19, the same day they would've played the fest. Tickets for that show go on sale today (7/13) at noon.
The Promise Ring are also part of the recently announced Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup.
Updated dates are listed below...
Uh Oh:
Riot Fest East 2012, scheduled for Thursday, July 19 at Festival Pier in Philadelphia, PA has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Refunds will be available at point of purchase. We are truly sorry for those of you who were planning on coming out. This one hurts, but, a rescheduled show is in the works. More information about the new date will be made available soon.The smaller Riot Fest Brooklyn is still happening at Williamsburg Park which is also where Refused and Off! are playing one day before they were supposed to play Philly.
Speaking of Refused, they were also just announced on the lineup of Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012.
The following items are NOT ALLOWEDThe above list comes from the Philadelphia fest's FAQ page. Many of the above listed artists were leaked yesterday. More artists to be announced. Tickets are in various stages of going on sale.
• Weapons of any kind
• Fireworks or explosives
• Illegal or Illicit substances of any kind
• Outside food & drink (except your factory sealed water)
• Pets (except service animals)
• Flyers, handbills, posters, stickers (no solicitation allowed)
• Chairs
• Glass containers
• Skateboards, motorized vehicles or Scooters
• Coolers
• Professional recording devices or cameras (no-detachable lenses or tripods or other commercial uses)
• Glowsticks
• Laser Pointers
• Items to obstruct other fan's views (kites, flag poles, large signs, etc)
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