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Fri, Nov 21, 14 at 22:48
| This story goes way back to my childhood. My father bought this old farm back in I think 1973( I was born in 1980), the farm house was extremely old and was torn down when he bought the place so I can assume the place was extremely old, there were several very old very large apple trees and out of 7 or 8 only one is remaining today. The one still standing has extremely hard very smooth shiny green and red apples which kind of turn a little yellow as they age in storage. They have no name that I am aware of but I am more interested in the varieties which have been lost. The only named variety that I can remember was yellow transparent. The variety I am interested in particular was a very spur almost thorny in growth habit and had blocky apples similar to the shape of a red delicious. They were from my memory(tree was cut down in 1994)dark green/brownish almost like a russet and hung on the tree into the freezing temps from November into December and kept for several months. After many years of internet searches I have found a few that look similar , they are cats head and ard cairn russet . Anyone growing them or know of a scion source? |
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| Both varieties of the trees you are looking for are available. I would read the description carefully on each to ensure they are the ones you are looking for. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Apples
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- Posted by Appleseed70 6 MD (My Page) on Sat, Nov 22, 14 at 12:00
| Catshead (1629 - England) and Ard Cairn Russet ( Cork, Ireland - 1890) are both grown by Salt Spring Apple Co. in British Columbia. They sell trees too and do custom grafting so I'm sure they could hook you up. Glenn I understand you're wanting to replicate what was there on the farm (I'd probably do that too), but I doubt either of these varieties are that great. Salt Spring grows 300 varieties and neither of the aforementioned made it into their top 20. |
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