My Bramley's Seedling fruit is coloring up to yellow-orange with red
stripes, which I wasn't quite expecting to see, and it seems a little early
to ripen. I thought this was more a green-yellow fruit. In size and shape,
the apple seems to match the descriptions. The tree is bearing fruit for the
first time this year, so I'm not quite sure what to expect. Is this as
expected for this climate - hot summer, dry, and lots of sun? (Tree
purchased from Bear Creek.) Did I wait too long to pick it? Fruits are not
dropping except a couple on a very windy evening before they started
coloring up. I'm reluctant to pick one just to try if it's not ready yet
'cause I don't have too many apples on the tree.
Pete Tallman, Boulder, Colorado, theoretically zone 5