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Post by mjc on Sept 7, 2010 21:45:41 GMT -5
Here is one of my favorite apples...  This is a seedling apple, that is unique to my land. It has NEVER been sprayed. The apples are always this size or larger, blemish, fungus, bug free...and the leaves of the tree seldom, if ever, suffer from common foliage problems of apples (the spots on the one on the left are more physical damage than anything else...rubbing/bumping on the twig it was attached to). It is a great flavored apple, that is sweet/tart, a little spicy and loaded with 'apple' flavor...it ages well, but doesn't have to age to be good. |
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Post by castanea on Sept 7, 2010 21:48:11 GMT -5
That's great. Locally bred orchard varieties can be just as important for a grower as locally bred veggies.
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Post by mjc on Sept 7, 2010 21:56:42 GMT -5
This is one of the several really good seed grown apples on this property...and one that I most want to propagate.
The property used to be an apple orchard, until around WW II...so there are all sorts of apples here that got their start from whatever they were growing in the orchard. There are a couple of trees that I've still got to check out if they are bearing this year...I had a late frost that wiped out a bunch of the crop this year, but some of them are very great apples, too.
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Post by canadamike on Sept 9, 2010 0:23:07 GMT -5
If that is the one you were talking to me you were darn right, it looks good too. So...what is the name of the baby?
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Post by mjc on Sept 9, 2010 6:34:18 GMT -5
Yeah, that's the one...and right now, it is 'the good apple, up on the hill, behind the barn'...a bit of a mouthful...which is a bit better than
+39° 0' 29", -79° 58' 14"
A couple of possible candidates are...
Frank's Favorite
Appalachian Wonder
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Post by ottawagardener on Sept 16, 2010 7:30:49 GMT -5
Looks gorgeous and sounds great. I vote for Appalacian Wonder or +39° 0' 29", -79° 58' 14"  |
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Post by blueadzuki on Sept 16, 2010 7:55:41 GMT -5
Here is one of my favorite apples... This is a seedling apple, that is unique to my land. It has NEVER been sprayed. The apples are always this size or larger, blemish, fungus, bug free...and the leaves of the tree seldom, if ever, suffer from common foliage problems of apples (the spots on the one on the left are more physical damage than anything else...rubbing/bumping on the twig it was attached to). It is a great flavored apple, that is sweet/tart, a little spicy and loaded with 'apple' flavor...it ages well, but doesn't have to age to be good. I saw something like this myself when I was a kid, and apple tree growing wild somewhere where NO ONE could have been attending it (in my case, it was in a wooded area, near the deep ditch that lies on one side of the road on the way to the local railroad station). that was laden with huge, unblemished apples. Oddly they looked a lot like yours two (green with a red blush) though as this is a common enough apple apperance this may not be all that improbable a coincidence. |
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Post by paquebot on Nov 5, 2010 22:11:47 GMT -5
If it's from an old Northern orchard, and a cross, looks like there may be Haralson as one of the parents.
Martin
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Post by mjc on Nov 5, 2010 23:56:25 GMT -5
WV and yes, old orchard...not sure if Haralson was grown around here.
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Post by cornishwoman on Nov 7, 2010 13:40:20 GMT -5
The picture of the apples makes me think of Cox's orange pipins,not that they truly look like a pipin,but then again after all these years I bet I couldn't even pick a pipin out of a line up.
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Post by synergy on Nov 9, 2010 23:17:54 GMT -5
I would love to buy some like that for the pacific northwest coastal climate. Pears and other fruit too!
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