[NAFEX] Non-Traditional Apples
Lon J. Rombough
lonrom at hevanet.com
Thu Jun 2 21:52:42 EDT 2005
Oddly enough, I have a seedling apple that bore it's first good crop
last year that fits your description. Good solidly striped color,
clean, disease resistant fruit, absolutely tasteless. No sugar, no
acid, no flavor. I topworked it this year, but left some side limbs
that could still provide scions if you are serious.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association
"Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jun 2, 2005, at 6:48 PM, Geoffrey Tolle wrote:
Folks,
I just had a thought that some of you apple people might be able to
address. The various characteristics of apples differ considerably from
variety to variety. I am wondering if there are apples that are
essentially non-sweet, non-acidic? I ask because it occurred to me that
I've tried a "wild" apple or two that, with just a bit more tweaking
(or selecting), might usable as substitute for root crops such as
carrots, turnips, and/or potatoes. This could provide much of the
nutrition and texture of such crops without the neccessity of
disturbing the soil structure to obtain them. Thanks for your thoughts
on this matter.
Geoffrey
Tolle
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