This scion was from HOS scion exchange in 2016. I grafted onto a tree that is mainly Sutton Beauty, but also has Liberty, and Baldwin. I don't know the rootstock. The main tree was the first apple tree that I grafted at the HOS grafting class a few years ago. The Airlie Red Flesh graft took well, grew fast, bloomed this spring, and now there is a handful of apples ready to pick. They are delightful to cut open, have a nice sprightly flavor, a touch tart and sweet, a bit fruity, crisp and juicy. I'm not a world expert, but couldn't ask for a better apple as far as flavor or texture.
These apple are about the size of a Jonathan or Liberty in my orchard, and have sort of a "Red Delicious" oblong shape.
They do brown a little fast after cutting - not the fastest, but noticed in about 15 min.
John, they have a berry kind of flavor, maybe raspberry and can get a good amount of sugar, maybe more than you prefer. I really like them, by far the best red-fleshed apple I've tried. Probably the only one I'd still eat even if the flesh were boring.
The original tree was from/near Airlie, Oregon, so the other spellings are mess ups and no S. It's the same cultivar as Hidden Rose and Mountain Rose.
I see it on the map, in between Cornvallis and Salem. I think I biked through it without knowing a decade or two back.
It's got to have off the charts antioxidants with that red color in the flesh. Cool and pretty too. Matches my wife's hair.
Sugar doesn't bother me as long as it's balanced with sour, tannic, or distinctive apple flavor. What I don't like is sweet and bland.
Great info as usual Jafar.
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