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[Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>]

I know it's a long shot but does anyone here have an educated guess as 
to what apple variety this really is? I've mentioned this unknown apple 
before but now I have good pictures.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/10031702223_c469b953e2_b.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/10031703153_cf80234bde_b.jpg

It was supposed to be "922 end" the super hardy apple for the far north. 
I don't live so far north that I need that apple but I was curious about 
what it was like so I bought some scion wood (along with others I wanted 
to try) and grafted this one to the very top of one of my trees.

I believe the scion was mislabeled for 2 reasons:
1  It doesn't look much like the few pictures I have seen of 922 end.
2  At the end of September it is still firm and sour. It couldn't ever 
ripen in the far north.

This apple is not good for fresh eating unless it mellows in storage, 
which it might. Right now it is fairly sour and sort of astringent.  I 
tried to eat one yesterday and had a hard time finishing half of it.

Steve In the Adirondacks