Tree Type: Apple, fresh eating
Harvesting Date: Early to Mid October
Location: Whitmore Lake, MI (F)
Approximate Tree Age: 30 years
Tree Status: Home orchard
Possible Tree Varieties: Jonagold ('Golden Delicious' × 'Jonathan' - 1955)
Fruit size: Large
Shape: Conical
Fruit color: Golden skin with red blushing and streaking
Skin: Thin and incredibly waxy
Flesh: White
Additional notes on appearance: The natural greasiness of this apple really turned me off until I bit into it.
Taste: Sweet with balanced acidity. Easy to eat with low tannin.
Texture: Easy to eat, incredibly crisp with fine-to-medium grain flesh
Texture: Easy to eat, incredibly crisp with fine-to-medium grain flesh
Additional notes on taste: Not my favorite apple, but definitely appealing to the masses.
Disease/Pest notes: Scab and black rot appearing on leaves. Some apples have strange sawfly-like wounds that I am unfamiliar with - will research further.
