To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] What apple is this? Winesap?
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 10:55:18 -0500
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
>