Roxbury is an all purpose keeper apple, very good for cider(both kinds) after some mellowing in storage. High sugar, high acidity and rock hard right off the tree, the fruit develop a spiciness in storage to make it a superb fresh eating dessert apple in late winter. I will pick this tree in mid Oct, and share the bulk of the crop with the elderly land owners.
The first time I picked fruit from this tree, there were only a handful of small, misshapen apples in late fall, which I sampled as the tree’s leaves were dropping. The last one I picked was the best, in early Dec. I IDed the variety and decided to start tending to the tree with pruning and porcupine protection, and look at it now, loaded with bushels!
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