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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

Does anyone think it could be an opalescent?  I can't really remember the 
opalescent shape but think its wider than tall.  Yeah, I could believe 
Winesap also.
Charlie Paradise, Massachusetts

Joshua Van Camp wrote:

> These apples come from an old apple tree in my yard in rural southeast MI.  
> The tree
> is probably 50-60 years old on a standard rootstock.  The tree is bearing 
> some fruit
> now, but the tree also has a substantial amount of fruit that is still 
> turning and
> just now showing color.  Most of the fruit still in the tree seems to be a 
> bit
> larger then most of the groundfalls I am currently getting.
>
> Sorry for the size of the pics...
> http://www.msu.edu/~vancamp2/apple/DSC01490.JPG
> http://www.msu.edu/~vancamp2/apple/DSC01492.JPG
>
> Is this Winesap? Any other possibilities?
>
> -Josh Van Camp
> jvancamp@tc3net.com
> Jasper, MI
>