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Dense & dry-- agree.  I thought perhaps this was due to the dry year here-- 
it was my trees' first fruiting.  I'd read that T.S. was used for cider and 
I said "Huh?!"  If you got enough of them ground up well enough & squeezed, 
you would get some very sweet juice to add to tart & tannin apples.  (Also, 
I read somewhere that T.S. was used as animal feed.  I think these COULD be 
too much of a good thing, and I could end up feeding these to stock.)

I posted "not crisp", should have added dense/ tough.


----Original Message Follows----
From: John Smith <>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tolman Sweet apple
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:12:54 -0800 (PST)

I used to get Tolmans at an orchard in SW Wisconsin.
I agree, I don't think they are for everyone.  Those
apples were really sweet but very dense and dry - not
very juicy.  While I wouldn't say the flavor is real
complex either, I think it's a lot better than a red
delicious.