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Apple ID: early to mid-fall pink apple
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hjacobson
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October 24, 2016 - 3:03 pm

I am looking for help identifying this apple. I am a young apple explorer dedicated to finding the once famous Waupaca County Seedlings. The Wolf River and the Northwestern Greening apples come from the county I live in and I had an article in a local newspaper about local varieties possibly still out there (I have found 1 variety already and in the process of getting it documented). A lady contacted me about an old, old orchard in the middle of the woods. I met up with her and found that there were 7 huge trees still remarkably alive. 5 of the 7 trees had this beautiful apple. The other 2 apple varieties are probably some type of Greening. One was sweet the other was sour. I already have one guy looking into this apple for me and I have done some of my own research. Nothing that I have found looks like this apple or is described the same(In exception to the Rose Apple grown by Asa (Appletree) Barnes). Appletree Barnes stated in his catalogue it cooks down very quickly and makes fine applesauce. Well, I tried this method and was successful. Could be any number of varieties though.

Thanks,

Henry  

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Viron
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October 26, 2016 - 5:13 pm

Welcome, Henry ~ 

I had a tree of Wolf River's for many years.  In 'the shade,' they stay much paler, or 'pink.'  Those in your photo look identical.  And if coming from an old, likely overgrown orchard, that would attest to the lack of color, sunshine...  

Large, waxy I believe (I'm no longer with them), not much for fresh eating, but 'the best' for baking!  A 'late October' apple in the foothills of Oregon's Coast Range.  

Here's the closest online photo I could find 'to mine' - 

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October 26, 2016 - 7:51 pm

Thank you for your reply Viron! I have not ruled out the Wolf River as a possibility for this apple I found. Luckily, the owners of the property did cut a portion of trees out to give the apple trees sunlight. The apples I picked were in partial sun. Since I live near the birthplace of the Wolf River there are many trees to go around. I have seen huge apples on these Wolf River trees. The pink apple I found was no where near the size and weight of the mighty Wolf River. The pink apples I found were ripe in Late September. Due to the climate difference the ripening dates might be slightly different. It is a good possibility that this is a Wolf River. I was thinking it might be some variety that is an older variety that was commonly planted in orchards back then like the Hyslop, Winesap, Duchess of Oldenburgh for examples. I have looked through old records and descriptions some of these varieties but nothing comes remotely close to the description. I have also done close examination of the pink apple and listed it's characteristics in the old Pomology way. Skin color, blush color if any, stripe color if any, form of the apple, cavity structure, eye shape, stem length, weight, seed structure and color, taste, color of the flesh, and texture of the flesh. I did not come up with the same results as of the Wolf Rive,r but then again I am just an amateur. Laugh 

Thanks,

Henry

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