Found on the house I'm hoping to buy.
This apple was picked yesterday. The flesh was soft, bright white, not especially dense. The flavor was tart with not a ton of sugar. The seeds were white.
I'm guessing the tree was planted 3-6 years ago from its size and the surrounding trees that appear to have been planted together.
Could it be Ginger Gold? I've seen some pictures of it with the lobing and the ripening date doesn't seem too far off.
Hi Jafar,
I like Oregon Woodsmoke's guess. Also consider Lodi, mine also had WHITE SEEDS? when it was falling off ripe. I'm not used to this. Slightly tart. I liked it. A good but not great apple. I would think that Ginger Gold would have more flavor with its reputation.
My two cents.
John S
PDX OR
I see the shape and color from this hone: http://www.okanaganvacationguide.com/im ... icture.jpg
And the lenticels from this one:
http://www.haneysappledalefarm.com/imag ... rgold2.jpg
To make me think Gingergold. You guys are right, the flavor doesn't sound right though.
I can't find pictures of Lodi or Yellow Transparent that look as close.
If it makes any difference, the tree probably received no attention whatsoever in the last year other than from deer.
It looks like what I’ve been eating all week, a Lodi / Transparent… got my scion wood from a ‘city tree’ I’d spotted so I’m not sure which, though I believe they’re prettymuch the same thing…
Not a lot of apples ripe yet, and the ‘white seeds’ are how they are until ‘dead (near rotten) ripe... They’re a very vigorous cultivar, on a par with Gravenstein’s. One of few apples possibly capable of out-growing deer! An HOS member once described them as being “Perfectly ripe for four hours†- “After that, they’re worthless.â€
One or two limbs are all you need, just something to sink your teeth into after being apple-starved for months… or until the Gravenstein’s come on! ...it would be great to graft to…
Thank you, I appreciate the advice.
Yes, I'm very thrilled to have something to graft to. If I get the place I'll have to decide if I want to try to fence in that orchard area or go tall. Its a fairly compact area with either 3 or 4 rows of 4 trees each (either 12 or 16 trees total). A few of them have leaves that I don't recognize but there are remnants of fruits that look like a cherry stem and pit. The trees don't look like sweet or pie cherries to me.
I think there are also an asian pear, a nectarine, a peach and probably another apple or two although no evidence of fruit this year on any of those except for the peach which actually has some decent looking fruit on it.
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