The most unexpected thing in my one year old orchard is that I’m harvesting more apples than apricots, peaches and nectarines this year. The trees were planted last year, and by now, the stone fruit trees are larger than the apple trees.
This post describes the apples I tasted on September 7, 2023.
Cinnamon Spice
A lot of glassy patches, excellent flavor, sweet with some acidity, the flesh is crunchy and juicy.
Opal-like
This one doesn’t seem to be fully ripe now. I don’t expect it to be the real Opal. Someone sent me material from an old tree that made fruits similar to Opal.
Jack London
Dense and juicy, seems to be a winter apple. Sweet with little acidity. Not an intense but agreeable flavor. Seems it needs more time on the tree. This apple used to grow at the Jack London Ranch in Glen Ellen. It was a very large and old tree. The tree died a few year ago. I might be the only one who has this material. It might be a known apple cultivar, or a seedling.
King David?
Sweet with little acidity dense but almost overripe at this point. Good flavor but not sure if this is the real King David as the fruit is light in color.
Ashmead’s Kernel
Very dense flesh, juicy, intense flavor including some quince notes, sweet with some acidity
Brushy Mountain Limbertwig
Dense and crunchy and juicy. Good flavor but might need more time on the tree
Hudson’s Golden Gem
Lots of glassy patches , crunchy and juicy, excellent flavor with loquat notes, sweet with some acidity
Pink Parfait
Needs more time on the tree
Faux Wyken Pippin
Apparently, my Wyken Pippin is not the real one. The description of the real one can be found at
https://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=6934&&fruit=apple
The flesh of my faux Wyken is juicy, sweet with little acidity. Very good flavor, but may need another week or two on the tree.
