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CASEY KRAUTKRAMER/THE RECORD REVIEW (Above) Rock Ridge Orchard owners Dan and Julie Knetter utilize neighbor, Cody Alger's honey bees to pollinate apple trees in spring in the new apple orchard on CTH H in the town of Emmet. (Right) Dan and Julie Knetter planted perennial grasses around the new apple orchard to serve as a buffer for runoff into local streams. Dan and Julie have served on the advisory board the past four years on EEPIC (Eau Pleine Partnership for Integrated Conservation) (Below) Shown are the Firestorm variety of apples planted in the new orchard two springs ago. Firestorm apples are a strain of Honeycrisp that have a solid red color.
southern apple
CASEY KRAUTKRAMER/THE RECORD REVIEW (Above) Rock Ridge Orchard owners Dan and Julie Knetter utilize neighbor, Cody Alger's honey bees to pollinate apple trees in spring in the new apple orchard on CTH H in the town of Emmet. (Right) Dan and Julie Knetter planted perennial grasses around the new apple orchard to serve as a buffer for runoff into local streams. Dan and Julie have served on the advisory board the past four years on EEPIC (Eau Pleine Partnership for Integrated Conservation) (Below) Shown are the Firestorm variety of apples planted in the new orchard two springs ago. Firestorm apples are a strain of Honeycrisp that have a solid red color.

southern apple,” he said. “First Kiss apples will ripen in mid to late August compared to the majority of other apple varieties that ripen in mid September to late October.”

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