Yeah, I really like the talls too, but I'm tired of the wind thrashing them or snapping them in half or even at the base. I've lost way too much fruit! That's the reason I'm going with Dwarf Reds. I can shelter them from the wind and cold and still get great fruit. My Hawaiian Apples seem to stand up to the winds pretty well so I'll let them stay. All my others are mid sized and not a problem. The other reason I want to grow Dwarf Reds is for resale. Every year I pot up a bunch o pups and sell them on Craigslist. It never fails that people fall in love the Reds until they see how tall they are in my garden and get scared. Even with that I still sell all the Reds long before the others. Funny thing, I've never seen any Reds for sale locally, Dwarf or Tall, and the only stand I know of growing locally completely died in 07 from the arctic blast we got.
