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[Maria Schumann <mariaschu@vtlink.net>]

Last fall, our truck broke down a few miles from home, and as we were  
walking home we came across the most fantastically sour wild apple I  
have ever tasted.  it was not at all bitter, and not at all sweet--  
just pure sour, like a lemon.  We took a bagful home and I tried it  
out in some pies (delicious) and other recipes that call for lemon,  
like baked chicken (also delicious).  This spring we took some  
cuttings and grafted them-- i would love to have an orchard of these  
trees!   I'm imagining how useful a cider made from these lemon  
apples would be.

Anyone have experience with lemony sour apples?  This tree was not  
too far from an old farmstead-- maybe it was a planted variety>?

Maria in Vermont zone 3/4