Jasper's Orchard

Following the Roman agrarian Cato's advice that the best time to plant a vineyard is yesterday, over the winter Jen and I planned and planted an orchard in honor of Jasper's birth.  In addition to providing fresh fruit for the future, we thought it might be nice for him to see his age in lives other than his own.  With the wonderful help of several friends and family we've just finished planting everything, and here's what we put into the ground:

Apple

Granny Smith (semi-dwarf)

Fuji

Arkansas Black (x2)

Paducah

Black Limbertwig

Liberty

Hubbardston Nonesuch

Horse 

Pear

Korean Giant

Orient

Turnbull

Harvest Queen

Peach

Redhaven (x2)

Cherry

Sour, CKVL #1 (x3)

Plum

Santa Rosa (x2)

Mayhaw

Heavy

Big Red (x2)

Mulberry

Illinois Everbearing

Wellington

Persimmon

Meader (female)

Jujube

Li

Sherwood

Lang

Melon Tree

1 female, 1 male

Pawpaw

Mary Foos Johnson

Prolific 

Cornelian Cherry

Bodacious 

Chicago

Gooseberry

Captivator

Sabine

Currant

Ben Lombard

Crandall

Fig

Celeste

LSU Purple

Magnolia

Brown Turkey (x2)

Blueberry (x20)

Raspberry (x15)

Blackberry (x5)

Grape (x9)

Muscadine (x3)

Scuppernong (x3)

Bush Cherry (x3)

Goumi, or Wolfberry (x3)

Azarole 

Rose Hips

"In youth the farmer should devote attention to planting.  He should think a long time about building, but planting is a thing not to be thought about but done.... Remember that a farm is like a man - however great the income, if there is extravagance but little is left."     

                                                         - Marcus Cato, On Agriculture