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Joined: 5/30/2009
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Howdy All! I live in Zone 6b right on the Ohio River in southern Indiana. On our farm we used to have the 'best apple tree in the world', however about 15 years ago it was finally blown down by a spring storm. That tree had to be about 50-75 years old (not even sure that is possible for apple trees), anyway it was OLD from a previous generation, my dad who was about 45 at the time it blew down, said he thought it had been there since he could remember. This tree was huge. It beared in late September/October (I think) the apples were always red on the side facing the sun and green on the shaded side. They were a kind of tart apple but yet they were sweet too, and they would keep almost all winter. They were excellent eating AND baking apples. And firm, man were they crisp! I have never tasted another apple like the ones that came off of that tree. They were DELICIOUS!!!! Does anyone have any idea what kind of tree it may have been??? I sure would appreciate any ideas!!! Thanks So Much!!!
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Joined: 2/19/2008
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I suggest that you contact your local university extension office and ask them for help. They may be able to ID the tree from your description together with an idea of the most common types of apple trees planted in that area at that time. If not, they will be able to direct you to a variety that will have the qualities you remember from this tree and its fruit.
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Joined: 2/21/2008
Posts: 97
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Your description sounds like Macintosh . They are an older variety. You should still be able to find them in the stores. Maybe try one to see if it is close to what you remember. Hope this helps.
zone 5, Michigan.....
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Joined: 10/22/2009
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I'm unfamiliar with the name, but the tree grows wild in Brownsville, California up off New York Flat Road. The orchard is over a hundred years old and the tree came from around the horn to California during the Gold Rush Days from Biddeford, Maine. Maybe an ag extension office from their local area can tell you the variety. The old Apple trees still bear fruit. My family brought them there when they purchased land from a Spanish Land Grant and the orchard has been untended for 3 generations now.
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