ANTIQUE & EXOTIC-Apples 

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

ADAMS PEARMAIN    English dessert apple, dating to early 1800s.  Skin yellow with considerable light striping, sometimes orange-red blush;  light russet network.  Medium size.  Flesh rich, sugary.  Precocious and productive. Not budded for 2008 or 2009

ARKANSAS BLACK.  A fine old variety, one of the best winter-keepers. Bright, crisp yellow flesh; dark red skin.  Great flavor.  Resistant to cedar apple rust.  Triploid; pollen not viable.    On Malling 9 for 2008.  (On Bud.9, M.7 and G.11 for 2009)

ASHMEAD'S KERNEL   One of the finest flavored antiques -- high sugar content with good acid balance; crisp yellow flesh.  Very intense apple flavor.  This is a real connoisseur's variety;  no apple variety collection is complete without Ashmead's ernel!!.  Medium small fruit, not particularly attractive--greenish yellow skin, rather ugly brown blush.  Modest production.  Very winter-hardy.  Originated in England almost 300 years ago.   On Bud.9  for 2008; on G.11, M.7, M.9, G.30 and MM.111 for 2009

BALDWIN  Your great-grandma's winter keeper, sometimes called Woodpecker.   A fine antique variety, oncethe most important variety in the Northeast. Originated in Massachusetts 250 years ago.  Rich, crisp, juicy eating. Large fruit; bright red skin.  Tough enough to survive the barrel-packing of 100 years ago. Excellent keeper.  Triploid; pollen sterile.  Tends to be biennial bearer.    On  Bud.118 for 2008;on Bud.9, G.30, G.16 and MM.111 for 2009

BELLE DE BOSKOOP  Large greenish-yellow fruit.  Very strong "apple" flavor.  Fairly tart at harvest, mellowing to excellent sugar/acid balance.  Outstanding cooker; slices tend to keep shape;  makes golden yellow sauce or slices.  Fine keeper.  Late ripening.  Triploid;  pollen sterile.  From Holland, ca. 1850.    On Bud.9 for 2009

BLACK BEN DAVIS   The famous "mortgage-lifter"  of the 1890s.  My gread-grandad had 40 acres of Bens, sold them mostly to peddlers from the Deep South.  Still much in demand by commercial processors for making a Grade A, golden yellow applesauce.  Strictly a cooking apple; ideal for drying.        SOLD OUT FOR 2008  On Geneva 11 and M.7 for 2009

BLACK OXFORD   High quality winter keeper from Maine.  Very dark purplish-red, almost black. Very winter hardy.  {Said to be tolerant of insects and disease.     SOLD OUT FOR 2008  (On Geneva 16 for 2009)

BLENHEIM ORANGE  Large, yellow-orange to red-orange fruit; aromatic;  good flavor. Originated in England before 1750.  Tip bearer;  productive.  Fire blight tolerant.   On G.30 for 2008; on Bud.9 and M.7 for 2009

BLUE PEARMAIN   An old English variety that has been successful in Maine and Quebec because of its excellent winter hardiness.  Skin very dark purplish red, similar to Black Oxford.  Fruit large; mild-flavored; sweet; aromatic.  Keeps all winter.  October ripening.  SOLD OUT for 2008  (On Bud.9 and M.7 for 2009)

BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING   The classic cooker of Britain; makes a pale, creamy sauce with fine tart/sweet balance.  Big acidic fruit.  Vigorous tree; triploid.  Precocious and productive.  Excellent keeper. On Geneva 30 for 2008; on G.16, G.11, MM.106 and G.30 for 2009

CALVILLE BLANC D'HIVER.  Large yellow fruit, flushed with red. Aromatic; strong flavor. Dates back to the 1590s.  Extremely high levels of Vitamin C.  When cooked, slices keep shape.  Makes excellent cider.  Generally regarded as poor producer, but on dwarfing rootstocks, it has been productive.      On Malling 7 for 2008;on M.7, G.30, M.9, MM.106 and G.11 for 2009

CHAMPLAIN Pale yellow; round-conic; very tender, juicy.  Sprightly flavor.  August ripening.  Dates back to 1850s or earlier.   Not budded for 2008 (On Geneva 16 for 2009)

CHENANGO STRAWBERRY.  Medium-large, long-conic fruit -- "sheepnose" shape.  Skin is glowing translucent pale yellow striped with crimson. Excellent dessert quality.  Very winter hardy.    On Geneva 16  for 2008; on  G.11 for 2009

COURT ROYAL    Large, greenish-yellow fruit.  Sweet and crisp.   SOLD OUT for 2008.  Not budded for 2009.

COX'S ORANGE PIPPIN  Still the favorite apple of the Englishman, Cox has an intense apple flavor -spicy, high sugar + high acid.  Fruit medium size, dull finish, often with small cracks.  A challenge to grow, but well worth the effort.   On Malling 9 and G.16 for 2008; on G.16, G.11, M.7, MM.106, Bud.9, MM.106 and MM.111 for 2009

EDWARD  VII         Large green apple;  tart.    On Malling 7 for 2008  (Not budded for 2009)

EGREMONT RUSSET    This old English variety is truly world class for flavor -- perhaps the very best of all the russets.  Small, golden brown fruit, usually with some black spots.  Fine keeper.  Very winter hardy.         SOLD OUT FOR 2008  (On M.7, M.9 and MM.106 for 2009)

ESOPUS SPITZENBURG.  Although Thomas Jefferson made his money from Newtown Pippin, Esopus Spitzenburg was his favorite for eating.  Esopus has only been around for about 200 years -- found in the Hudson Valley of New York just before George Washington became our first President. Fruit is medium size, brilliant orange-red, rather conical usually.  Rich, spicy flavor, with fine-grained yellowish flesh.  Elegant eating from harvest through Christmastime. A willowy tree, with long, slender branches.  Ripens unevenly, so 3 or 4 or 5 pickings are required to get prime eating quality.  Susceptible to about all the common diseases.   On  M.9 for 2008; on G.16, G.30 and M.7 for 2009

FAMEUSE (SNOW)  The ancient Snow apple of Quebec.  Superbly winter hardy.  Brilliant white flesh, red-striped skin.  Mild flavor.  Supposed to be Mother of McIntosh.         SOLD OUT FOR 2008  (On Geneva 11 for 2009)

FREIHERR VON BERLEPSCH  Outstanding quality in an ugly skin!!  Berlepsch cracks badly; skin surface is scruffy;  considerable russet -- but the flavor and texture are world class.      On Geneva 30 for 2008.  On Bud.9 for 2009

GILPIN.      Old Virginia variety, dating back to early 19th century.  Excellent cider apple.  Yellow skin, usually red-striped.  Crisp, juicy.  Late blooming.   Excellent long-term storage; esteemed as table apple late into the spring.    SOLD OUT for 2008     Grafted on Bud.9 and M.7 for 2009.

GOLDEN NOBLE  Very high vitamin C content.  Large yellow fruit. Primarily for cooking but excellent company when sailing across the ocean!  Originated in England in 1700s. Not budded  for 2008 or 2009

GOLDEN PIPPIN    Greenish-yellow fruit, ripening to deep golden yellow.  Harvest in early September.  Cooking and eating out of hand.  American origin, about 1800.    Not budded  for 2008 or 2009

GOLDEN RUSSETT   Regarded by many as the finest-flavored of all the American antiques.  Beautiful golden skin covered with a net of russet.  Late ripening.  Considered the very best cider variety.  Good winter-hardiness.  Modest production, but we expect to see higher productivity with these rootstocks.   Scab-tolerant.  On M.9 for 2008.  Grafted on Bud.9, G.11, G.30, M.7, MM.106 and MM.111 for 2009.  

GRAVENSTEIN  Said to have originated in Italy in early 1600s.  Especially good for sauce and cider.  Tangy sweet flavor.  Very vigorous.  Tends to be biennial.  Triploid.     On Geneva 16  for 2008 (On Bud.9, G.16, M.7 and G.30 for 2009)

GRENADIER      English cooking apple, making a sharp-flavored, creamy, light-colored sauce.  Large, greenish-yellow fruit.  First found in England about 1830.  Not budded  for 2008 or 2009

HARRISON   Not budded for 2008 or 2009

HAWKEYE (the Original Delicious)  This is the legendary apple that old Jessie Hyatt took to Mr. Stark -- the apple that gave rise to a whole new industry.  No cardboard here -- the Original really IS Delicious!!  No, not beautiful  red wax images of apples, but the real thing.  Color is typically "buckskin" in the south, red striped in the North.  SOLD OUT FOR 2008  (On Geneva 16 for 2009)

HEREFORDSHIRE REDSTREAK    Rather small, oblong fruit, yellow ground streaked with red.  Yellow flesh rich flavored, firm, sweet, somewhat dry.        Not budded  for 2009

HORSE APPLE   Old Southern variety. Midsummer ripening.  Greenish-yellow fruit; tart until fully ripe.     Not budded  for 2009

HUBBARDSTON NONESUCH   A great old  apple from Massachusetts, dating back to early 19th century.  Sweet flavor.  Precocious and productive.  SOLD OUT for 2008.    Grafted on Bud.9 and M.7 for 2009.

JEFFERIS  Old Pennsylvania variety, rich flavor similar to Jonathan. Somewhat tolerant of scab and mildew.  Productive.  Regular bearing.     SOLD OUT FOR 2008. Not budded for 2009.

JONATHAN    One of the finest apples ever produced;  Dad grew up on Jonathan back in Southern Illinois.  Probably a seedling of Esopus Spitzenburg;  supposedly found in some of johnny Appleseed's plantings.  Tart/sweet balance;  precocious and productive.    SOLD OUT FOR 2008  (On Geneva 16 for 2009)

KANDIL SINAP   An outstanding flavor brought in from Turkey nearly 200 years ago.  Skin beautiful translucent yellow, almost a porceilain finish, rather similar to Opalescent. Unique nearly cylindrical form.  October ripening; only fair keeper.  Productive; genetic semi-dwarf tree, nearly pyramidal form.   Not budded for 2008

KERRY IRISH PIPPIN  An old Irish variety, dating back at least into the early 1700s.  Small, yellow-orange fruit with some red splotching.  Crisp, crunchy texture;  white flesh, spicy flavor.  Considerable scab tolerance.       Not budded for 2009

KING DAVID Midwestern introduction similar to Jonathan.  Rich flavor. An excellent early cider apple.  Beautiful mahogany red skin.  Precocious and productive. Tolerant to fire blight. Fruit hangs on the tree through the winter.  On  Geneva 30 for 2008  Not budded for 2009

KING OF THE PIPPINS      Probably synonomous with Golden Winter Pearmain and Reine des Reinette.  Crisp white flesh; fine flavor with good sugar/acid balance.  Orange-red blush, usually with some red striping.    Not budded for 2009

KING OF TOMPKINS COUNTY  A great old antique; very good quality; good keeper.  Very large, attractive fruit.  Ripens just after McIntosh.  Originated in New Jersey, but renamed in New York 200 years ago.  Triploid.    On Malling 26 for 2008 (On G.16 for 2009)

LADY (Api)     Beautiful small fruit -- only about an inch diameter-- produced in clusters of 4 to 7 apples.  Although a delightul little thing to nibble on, Lady apples probably are most useful in making Christmas wreathes.  From Brittany, 18th century.    On Geneva 30 for 2008 (On MM.106 for 2009)

MAIDEN BLUSH  American antique, commonly cultivated in early 1800s.  Very tender fruit, ripening in late summer. Pale yellow with pink blush. Not budded  for 2008  (On Geneva 16 and Malling 7 for 2009)

NEWTOWN PIPPIN (YELLOW NEWTOWN; ALBEMARLE PIPPIN).   This is the apple that Thomas Jefferson made famous 200 years ago.  At Monticello, Jefferson had a large orchard of Pippins, which he had packed in barrels and shipped to England;  on the London market, these Albemarle Pippins fetched premium prices. The Newtown Pippin is NOT a beautiful apple --it's rather squat, it's only medium size, its skin color is a yellowish-green that not attractive.  Below that not-so-beautiful skin, though, lurks a gourmet's apple--rich flavor, highly aromatic, sweet/tart with a touch of pineapple.  Very firm fruit; excellent keeper. Tree is vigorous; early-bearing; productive. Originated in the 1700s on Long Island.   On Budagovsky 9  and Geneva 16   for 2008  (On Bud.9, M.7, G.30, MM.106 and Malling 9 for 2009)

NICKAJACK     Yellow to greenish-yellow skin, pink or orange stripes where exposed to sun.  Late 1700s;  probably North Carolina.  Root germs present on older wood.  Tree vigorous, productive.  Late ripening. Not budded  for 2009

OLD NON-PAREIL    Ancient English apple, dating back to early 1600s.  Small, greenish-yellow fruit, turning to orange, usually with some russet.  Small, not especially attractive.  Outstanding flavor for eating out of hand.  Makes an excellent single-variety cider.  Late October ripening.  Small tree..    On G.30 for 2008 (On M.9 for 2009)

OPALESCENT   Glowing purplish-red skin -- "opalescent" finish.  Large, late ripening.  Yellow flesh; subacid; juicy.  Michigan variety introduced in 1880.   Not budded for 2009

ORLEANS REINETTE    From France, one of Marie Antoinette's favorites.  Medium to small, greenish-yellow fruit with netlike russett.  Rich nutty flavor, similar to Chestnut Crab.       On MM.111 for 2008.  (Not budded for 2009)

PINE GOLDEN PIPPIN         Not budded  for 2009

PITMASTON PINEAPPLE    Small English apple with excellent flavor, usually described as "nutty, honeyed:.  Sugary flesh; juicy.  Lightly russet on beauitiful golden yellow.       SOLD OUT FOR 2008 (Not budded for 2009)

POUND SWEET  Very large golden yellow fruit;  good eating quality, outstanding baker.  According to Burford, Pound Sweet was used in Ohio during the Civil War to make apple butter that was sold to both North and South.  Very good cider apple. Dates to the early 1800s.      On G.16 and M.7 for 2008  (On Malling 7 for 2009)

RED JUNE    Very earliest to ripen.  Small red fruit, very white flesh.  Cooking and eating out of hand.  Biennial bearing.  Not budded  for 2009

REINETTE FRANCHE  Netted russet on golden skin.  Sweet/tart flavor.  Antique from XVIth Normandy.  Ripens late October.  Not budded  for 2008

REINETTE SIMERENKO   A hardy dessert apple from Russia (but actually appears to be an obscure variety originating in New Jersey).  Unusually drought-tolerant.  Medium-large green fruit. October ripening.  Tangy flavor with good sugar/acid balance; crisp and juicy.  Fruit medium-large; pale yellow, with pink blush.  Precocious and producive.  Excellent keeper.   SOLD OUT for 2008(Not budded for 2009)

RIBSTON PIPPIN  Fine old English dessert apple, originated about 1700.  Flesh very crisp, hard, sugary; intense, rich flavor and aroma.  Not attractive -- brownish-orange skin.  Triploid;  pollen serile. Good scab tolerance.  Late September ripening.    SOLD OUT for 2008    Grafted on G.16  for 2009.

ROXBURY RUSSET  The oldest apple variety of North American origin was discovered and propagated in Roxbury town, Massachusetts about 1640. Roxbury Russet is still regarded as a fine dessert apple, although no longer to be found on the commercial markets.  Roxbury Russet fruits are large (about 175 grams), yellow-bronze skin well overlain with yellow-brown russeting.  When properly matured, sugar content is very high, yet sugar/acid balance contributes to its fine flavor.  An excellent keeper, storing until April or May. Tree is moderately vigorous; rather tolerant to apple scab and powdery mildew diseases.       On  Geneva 16 for 2008  (On G.16, G.30, G.11, M.9, MM.106 and M.26 for 2009

ST. EDMUND'S RUSSET   This old  (1875) English variety is one of the best early autumn eating apples; ripens a month before Golden Russet.  Beautiful solid bronze russet.  Precocious and productive.  Moderate vigor.   On G.16, Bud.118 and M.7 for 2008.  Grafted on G.11, Bud.9, G.16, M.7, G.30 and MM.111 for 2009.

SMOKEHOUSE  An old Pennsylvania variety, noted as a winter keeper; dates to early 1800s.  Dull red over greenish ground color; ugly but outstanding for eating and all cooking purposes.  Flesh crisp, subacid.   Tree productive. Grafted on M.7 for 2009.

SOMERSET REDSTREAK   On M.7 for 2008 and 2009. 

SUMMER RAMBO (RedSumBo)  Jonathan-type late summer apple.  Greenish-yellow, red-striped.  Fruit larger than Jonathan.  Flavor rich, sprightly.  Good for eating out of hand, for drying, for all culinary purposes.  Precocious and productive.  Semi-compact tree.          On  G.30 for 2008 (On Geneva 11 for 2009)

SWAAR      Dutch settlers in the Hudson Valley, above New York City, originated the variety.  Skin is rough, tough, lightly russeted.  Fruit is dense, very high in sugar content;  stores well.       SOLD OUT for 2008 (Not budded for 2009)

TOLMAN SWEET   Nearly 200 years old;  from Massachusetts.  Skin pale yellow, flesh white.  Very good sweet (low acid) flavor.  Very winter hardy;  reliable cropper.  Tree productive, healthy, long-lived.  Grafted on Geneva 11 for 2009

TRANSCENDENT CRAB    Medium-sized fruit for a crab, perhaps the largest of the Siberian crabapples  -- typically 2-inch diameter.  Crimson red flush on yellow groundcover.  Excellent canner.  Early midseason ripening.  Hardy to -40 and colder.  Productive.    Not budded for 2008

RED WEALTHY   A fine old Minnesota apple, ripening a couple of weeks before McIntosh.  Introduced by Peter Gideon in 1868.  Pleasantly tart.  Midseason bloom. Precocious and productive       SOLD OUT FOR 2008   Grafted on M.7 for 2009
 

WESTFIELD SEEK-NO-FURTHER    Very high quality dessert variety from Massachusetts, about 1790.  Unusually suitable for drying -- high sugar, plus increase of already rich sweet, nutty flavor.  Very winter hardy.           SOLD OUT FOR 2008  (Grafted on M.7 for 2009.)
 

WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN  The oldest known apple of English origin -- dates back to early Norman times.  Fruit medium-large, greenish.  Very good dessert and culinary quality -- "honeysweet", but with gooe acid balance.  Good keeper. Quite low chilling requirement.     Not budded  for 2009

WHITNEY CRAB     Early summer crab, ripening about with Duchess of Oldenburg.  Extremely winter hardy.  Yellow flesh; sweet & juicy.  Diameter 1 inch.  Precocious and very productive.  Relatively free of disease. Originated in Illinois in the 1860s. Not budded  for 2009

WINESAP  This is the old-fashioned Virginia Winesap - a small, hard apple that keeps all winter in the garage.  Dates back to colonial times, when it was especially regarded as a cider variety.  Spicy, sweet-tart flavor.  Moderate vigor; relatively small, productive tree.    SOLD OUT for 2008  (Not budded for 2009)

WINTER BANANA      The banana-like flavor is faint but distinct.  Creamy yellow skin, occasionally with pink blush.  Compact, semi-dwarf tree.  Sweet, rather bland;  very juicy.  Much used as a pollenizer; midseason bloom. Originated in Indiana in 1870s.        On Malling-Merton 106 for 2008   (Not budded for 2009)

WOLF RIVER      Huge cooking apples. One of the very hardiest of all apple varieties -- undamaged at 40 below.  Immune to scab; very resistant to fire blight , mildew and rust.  Vigorous and productive. Ripens just before McIntosh.  Strictly a cooking apple.  Originated in Wisconsin, 1870s; probably seedling of Alexander.      SOLD OUT FOR 2008      On  Bud.9, G.30   and M.7 for 2009
 

WORCHESTER PEARMAIN.   Old English apple;  found there in the mid-1800s.  Intense strawberry flavor.  Bright red skin, juicy white flesh.  Productive.  September ripening.     SOLD OUT for 2008    Grafted on Bud.9 and M.7 for 2009

YELLOW BELLFLOWER    Found in New Jersey about the time George Washington was born.  Large, yellow, elongated, usually more or less conic, often irregular.  Excellent keeper.  Very good dessert quality;  excellent cooker.   Not budded  for 2009

ALKMENEVery high quality new variety from the Muncheberg (East Germany) breeding program.  Ripens early September, shortly before Cox's Orange Pippin..  Crisp, juicy, aromatic.  Orange-red skin; medium size.  Tree compact, grower-friendly.  Scab-tolerant.  On Geneva 30 for 2008  (Not budded for 2009)

BLENHEIM ORANGE  Large, yellow-orange to red-orange fruit; aromatic;  good flavor. Originated in England before 1750.  Tip bearer;  productive.  Resistant to fire blight.        On G.30 for 2008.  Grafted on Bud.9 and M.7 for 2009.

BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING   The classic cooker of Britain; makes a pale, creamy sauce with fine tart/sweet balance.  Big acidic fruit.  Vigorous tree; triploid.  Precocious and productive.  Excellent keeper. On G.30  for 2008.  Grafted on G.11, G.16, MM.1069 and G.30 for 2009.

CENTENNIAL CRAB     Fruit similar to Dolgo but much larger.  From the University of Minnesota cross, Wealthy x Dolgo.  Genetic semidwarf.  Excellent flavor.  Scab resistant.  Very winter hardy.      Not budded for 2009

CHEHALIS       Scab-tolerant (not immune).  Yellow apple, not especially attractive.  Good flavor.    Not budded for 2008(On G.11 for 2009)

DISCOVERY     Medium to medium-small fruit, ripening 10 days before Paulared.  Attractive red, often overlaid with scarf skin.  Good flavor for eating out of hand.  Smallish tree;  moderately productive.   Not budded  for 2009

ERWIN BAUER      Seedling of Duchess of Oldenburg, but its fine flavor so much resembles Cox's Orange Pippin that Cox is regarded as probable pollen parent.  Introduced in eastern Germany in 1928. Ripening late autumn;  good keeper.     SOLD OUT for 2008  (Not budded for 2009)

FANTASJA New introduction from the Polish apple breeding program.  Very hardy.  High quality.     Not budded  for 2009

FREIHERR von BERLEPSCH (Red Berlepsch).  The classic gourmet quality apple of Germany.  Rather smallish, somewhat ugly; lots of the fruit will have concentric cracking -- but der Geschmack ist SOOOO sehr gute!!  On Geneva 30 for 2008.   Grafted on Bud.9 for 2009.

GOLDEN NUGGET     Outstanding dessert apple -- highly flavored, very sweet, aromatic.    From a Golden Russet x Cox's Orange Pippin cross made at the Kentville, Nova Scotia station in 1932;  introduced in1964.   Small golden yellow fruit, often streaked with russet.  Precocious and productive on smallish tree.     Not budded  for 2009

HAWAII Large yellow fruit with exotic flavor.  Low chilling.   Not budded for 2009

OZARK GOLD  Typey yellow apple ripening about 10 days before Golden Delicious.      Not budded for 2008  (On M.7 and G.11 for 2009)

REINETTE ZABERGAU     Outstanding dessert quality -- intense flavor, stong sweet/tart balance,  Excellent storage.  Triploid.  Productive.  Originated in Germany in late 1800s.  Bronzed russet finish.        On M.26  for 2008.  Grafted on M.7 for 2009.

SENSHU A seedling of Fuji, ripening 3 to 5 weeks earlier.  Similar to Fuji but smaller;  tree considerably easier to train.  Fine flavor;  good keeping quality.      On G.16 for 2008.  Grafted on G.11 and G.30 for 2009.

SEKAI ICHI  A very large Japanese apple  Delicious x Golden Delicious.  Very good, sweet flavor.     Not budded  for 2009

SHINSEI   An older (1948) introduction from Japanese breeders:  Golden Delicious x Early McIntosh.  September ripening.  Sweet, low-acid; fine-textured, crisp, juicy.  Fruit greenish-yellow, medium size.  Vigorous and productive.        Not budded for 2009

SPENCER  Very high quality;  crisp and juicy.  Ripens about 3 weeks after McIntosh.  Very winter hardy.  From the Agriculture Canada breeding program at Summerland, BC, a McIntosh x Golden Delicious cross (1959).        Sold out for 2008 

SPIGOLD   A triploid Golden Delicious x Northern Spy hybrid introduced by the Geneva station. A huge apple with magnificent flavor -- a gorgeous combinatin of its parents.  Looks a lot like a giant Northern Spy.  Earlier bearing than Spy, much more productive, somewhat less prone to bitter pit.  Very vigorous; requires limb-spreading for best results.    On Malling 9 for 2008.  Grafted on Bud.9, G.16, M.9 and M.7 for 2009.

SPIJON   Another high quality Geneva introduction (1968), this Red Spy x Monroe cross was originally intended for the processing grower.  We see it as a fine eating apple, unfortunately neglected.  Productive. Not budded  for 2009

SPLENDOUR   (That's New Zealand spelling -- leave out the "u" if you'll feel better!)  Almost immune to fire blight -- by far the most blight-resistant variety yet tested at Geneva.  Beautiful carmine-red apples ripening with Mutsu;  fabulous winter keeper. Sweet, very low acid. On Geneva 16 and M.26 for 2008.  (On Bud.9 and M.7 for 2009)
 

TYDEMAN'S LATE ORANGE      Yet another spendid Cox's Orange Pippin hybrid -- Laxton Superb x Cox's Orange Pippin (and Laxton Superb's pollen parent was Cox!!).  Intensely rich apple flavor -- even stronger than Cox; very aromatic.   Excellent storage.  Purplish-red skin, yellow flesh.  Medium size.  Vigorous and productive.      On Geneva 16 for 2008  Grafted on G.30 for 2009.

VIRGINIAGOLD     A beautiful winter-keeper from Dr. George Oberle's breeding program at Virginia Tech.  Late harvest (about Oct. 25 at Geneva).  Like most keepers, Virginiagold must be ripened in storage for a couple of months. Keeps in the garage until March.        On Geneva 30 for 2008.   (On G.11 for 2009)