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Apple tree photo request

 
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Bit of an odd one, i know.  But google seems crap at this as do photo sites like unsplash.

I ask for photos of apple trees, apple tree trunks, apple tree bark, and more than half of the results are cherry or things I know aren't apples.  Or ai creativity with apple leaves on a Douglas fir.  

What's left could be apples, maybe, but I need definitely apple.  I need someone I can trust.  So I come here.

I haven't time to wrestle with search engines or go get my own photos due to lambing craziness (twins or triplets this year).   But I need the reference for early tomorrow morning painting class.

So.... bit of an odd question for those of you with apple trees (of any age, crab apple will do too).  Could you take a photo for me?  And a close up of the trunk?  Share it here?  I'm looking for a collection of different lighting conditions so the more who can help the better.
 
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Here are a few to start with.

Will take some close ups of the branches later.
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Young grafted apple tree
Young grafted apple tree
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Apple tree
 
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Various apple tree pictures:
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crab apple
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old apple tree on wall
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young apple tree
young apple tree
 
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One tree is a volunteer no more than 5-7 years old a soft golden apple.
The other is a nearly 100-year-old Macintosh tree.  The bears have broken it several times, part of it now has blister rust, but it still produces apples!
Most of which the piggies get to eat.
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Golden apple
Golden apple
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old macintosh apple
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All ages here, from just germinated to totally defunct...
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All these trees were planted since 2010 so they are relatively young
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Trunk damaged by a possum
Trunk damaged by a possum
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Graft union
Graft union
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Calluses over broken branches
Calluses over broken branches
 
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Apple pie for all.  I think i got them all.

These are perfect!  Thak you so much for coming to my rescue.  
 
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