Shelby

updated 6/13/2021

Site description and contact

This orchard is located in Shelby in Toole County at an elevation of 3,406 ft. To see locations of all MSU Extension Fruit Research Sites and Montana Heritage Orchards, visit this interactive web map. 

To coordinate a site visit, contact Kim Woodring, MSU-Extension, (406) 424-8350

Climate

These data originated from the nearest weather station in Shelby, MT and were downloaded from NOAA's website. Note that elevation and environmental conditions may vary somewhat from the orchard site.

See also: detailed climate data for all sites (opens in Figshare)

Management Practices

Cultivars Planted

Apple: 'Frostbite', 'Ginger Gold', 'Goodland', 'Honeycrisp', 'Sweet 16', 'Zestar!'

Pear: 'Golden Spice', 'Luscious', 'Parker', 'Patten', 'Ure'

Plum: 'Mount Royal', 'Pipestone', 'Toka'

See also: full list and descriptions of the fruit tree cultivars used in this research

Orchard notes and map

Trees were initially planted in May 2015. No rootstock information is available. Site visit notes, 5/1/2019:

• The orchard has had rough winters, but overall growth is good on most of the original cultivars, especially in rows 3 and 4.
• Herbicide spray drift from adjacent property; not very many of the original trees are left on rows 1 and 2.
• Some of the site issues include strong wind, deer getting through fence, and harsh winters.
• This site has lots of replants; lines through name indicate tree appeared dead at the time of site visit.
• Very little overall fruit on the original trees.

See the printable orchard maps and data for all sites (opens in Figshare).

Photo gallery

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Tree survival data, fall 2019

See also: survival data for all sites in spreadsheet format (opens in Figshare)