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| Can someone name this HUGE apple please?
I have thinned out this tree. Supposedly it is one from Minnesota, it must have taken at least 7 years for it to fruit.
A couple on top of the pail
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- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 8:35
| Heh, they look liek fuji, or royal gala..... Fuji wouldnt survive there though, would it? IT doesnt match anything on the U of Minn agro site either... |
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- Posted by windfall_rob vt4 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 8:37
| It could be a honeycrisp. They can get pretty big, we see them over a pound if we thin too much. The striping is right, but usually the sun side goes near full red. take a bite, the texture is pretty unique: super crunch/juice and course flesh. The flavor is good but not complex tending toward sweet. skin should be pretty thin and tender. |
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| Konrad it looks just like my Jonagold. Mrs. G |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 11:28
| Thank you all! Sorry, wish it was all of these you have suggested, it's not the best tasting apple,..about in the lower average range, kind on the dry side,... definitely not crisp. |
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| Moose food? |
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| Looks like Fireside. The late Topper (http://www.minnesotaharvest.net/apple-varieties/connell-red-fireside) said they taste a little like banana, and I would agree with that sentiment. He also said that 25% of them never really ripen no matter how long you leave them on the tree, which is unusual for an apple. So perhaps that is what you have experienced? |
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| Konrad,what are the pink apples in the bucket? |
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- Posted by spartan-apple SE WI (My Page) on Tue, Oct 2, 12 at 11:36
| Konrad: I once lived in Minnesota for 8 years and sold a lot of My thoughts are Fireside, prairie spy or possibly secor? |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Tue, Oct 2, 12 at 19:50
| Thank you all! I'm going to check this out. Glenn, the pink one's are Carroll, much better tasting crisp apples, the only drawback on these is they don't store long. |
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