Comments on: Antique Apple Varieties http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: iyr http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-159441 iyr Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:26:26 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-159441 Gold rush and buckingham have been available at the Smiths and IGA grocery stores I go to for years. They also have many other varieties not seen in the megamarts but im sure there are tons they don't carry Gold rush and buckingham have been available at the Smiths and IGA grocery stores I go to for years. They also have many other varieties not seen in the megamarts but im sure there are tons they don’t carry

]]> By: Ken http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-138904 Ken Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:58:03 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-138904 June; That sounds like one of three I can think of - Hubbardston Nonesuch (can be a bit redder, and is very sweet), Zabergau Reinette (very big, very tasty, very green and very tart) or, if it was truly knobby, Knobbed Russet. If you do a Google Image search on those, you may find the one you are looking for. June;

That sounds like one of three I can think of – Hubbardston Nonesuch (can be a bit redder, and is very sweet), Zabergau Reinette (very big, very tasty, very green and very tart) or, if it was truly knobby, Knobbed Russet. If you do a Google Image search on those, you may find the one you are looking for.

]]> By: Interesting Apple Facts from the Fruit Expert » Veggie Gardening Tips http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-118268 Interesting Apple Facts from the Fruit Expert » Veggie Gardening Tips Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:17:39 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-118268 [...] only way to preserve the diversity and tradition of many heirloom apple varieties will be for home gardeners to adopt them and begin to raise them right in their own [...] [...] only way to preserve the diversity and tradition of many heirloom apple varieties will be for home gardeners to adopt them and begin to raise them right in their own [...]

]]> By: June Kane http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-97038 June Kane Fri, 29 May 2009 12:31:34 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-97038 I'm trying to locate and name an amazing large, russeted, greenish apple with raised long russeted warts on it (it was unbelievably ugly) that had the freshest, meanest, sweetest, most wonderful flavor of any apple I've ever eaten. It was hard, crisp, sweet and tart. WHAT WAS IT??? I WOULD LOVE TO EAT ONE AGAIN, AND PLANT A TREE IF POSSIBLE. Can you help me find this? Thanks, June Kane I’m trying to locate and name an amazing large, russeted, greenish apple with raised long russeted warts on it (it was unbelievably ugly) that had the freshest, meanest, sweetest, most wonderful flavor of any apple I’ve ever eaten. It was hard, crisp, sweet and tart. WHAT WAS IT??? I WOULD LOVE TO EAT ONE AGAIN, AND PLANT A TREE IF POSSIBLE. Can you help me find this? Thanks, June Kane

]]> By: Heirloom Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop » Veggie Gardening Tips http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-91783 Heirloom Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop » Veggie Gardening Tips Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:07:41 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-91783 [...] by BYFG members from prunings that were recently cut from mature fruit trees. There were over fifty antique apple varieties, and a smaller number of pear scion wood on hand for participants to select [...] [...] by BYFG members from prunings that were recently cut from mature fruit trees. There were over fifty antique apple varieties, and a smaller number of pear scion wood on hand for participants to select [...]

]]> By: Bill http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-65225 Bill Fri, 23 May 2008 21:04:44 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-65225 Thanks Kenny, I went to your link and was able to find an apple that is described like the one I remember... the Almata - now I need a photo to look at. Thanks for your help. Thanks Kenny, I went to your link and was able to find an apple that is described like the one I remember… the Almata – now I need a photo to look at. Thanks for your help.

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-65183 Kenny Point Fri, 23 May 2008 02:56:41 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-65183 Hi Bill, I can't identify that apple for you, but here is a link that I found with descriptions of a number of <a href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/apple52.html" rel="nofollow"> red fleshed apples</a>. You also may want to check with the PA Backyard Fruit Growers as some of their members have more experience with all sorts of heirloom apples. Hi Bill, I can’t identify that apple for you, but here is a link that I found with descriptions of a number of red fleshed apples. You also may want to check with the PA Backyard Fruit Growers as some of their members have more experience with all sorts of heirloom apples.

]]> By: Bill http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-65169 Bill Thu, 22 May 2008 23:51:25 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/antique-apple-varieties/#comment-65169 interesting site - i came across the site when i was searching for a site that would help me identify an apple i remember as a child. The apple is LARGE with red flesh (like the winter red flesh) you displayed. The apple i am trying to idenfy has red flesh during the fall then over the late fall the flesh will whiten and the apple becomes more eatable. During the red flesh stage the apple is bitter, but if you rub it it is a beautiful apple and you just want to take a big bite. Also at the red flesh stage it makes wonderful red apple sauce. This is an apple that my grandparents planted (i am thinking that it was planted 1930-1950 timeframe)I remember it as a child - it was a single tree and always had a ton of apples.It is still at the old homestead in Cranesville.PA.I have inquired with different folks w/o any luck. Can anyone help identify this apple? interesting site – i came across the site when i was searching for a site that would help me identify an apple i remember as a child. The apple is LARGE with red flesh (like the winter red flesh) you displayed. The apple i am trying to idenfy has red flesh during the fall then over the late fall the flesh will whiten and the apple becomes more eatable. During the red flesh stage the apple is bitter, but if you rub it it is a beautiful apple and you just want to take a big bite. Also at the red flesh stage it makes wonderful red apple sauce. This is an apple that my grandparents planted (i am thinking that it was planted 1930-1950 timeframe)I remember it as a child – it was a single tree and always had a ton of apples.It is still at the old homestead in Cranesville.PA.I have inquired with different folks w/o any luck. Can anyone help identify this apple?

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