Greyphase, I have 6 Swiss Limbertwig that have been in the ground for 5 years now and while fairly precocious and productive it does not weep at all. It has nice spurs and no real tip bearing tendency. It wasn’t the best apple in the yard last year but the year before it was. What I wonder is, is SnowSweet going to be known as Minnesota Limbertwig? I gave one to a niece and planted one here and they both look like Willow saplings. As wild as Virginia Beauty wants to run, if it fruits this year it’s going to be drooping pretty severely too. Seems as if I read somewhere that at least to some folks the term referenced a class of flavor(s) as much as anything. Mike C, in '15 we had a nice crop from 3 apple varieties , Calville Blanc, E. Spitzenberg, Swiss Limbertwig, S. Limbertwig were the best to both my wife and I. Last year wasn’t so great because I let things fruit too young and don’t much care if they go biennial and the Swiss was kind of weird, almost vegetable. Of the 3 Calville seems the best tree and a darn fine apple but in a good year I’d put Swiss up with anything I’ve ever tasted, hard, tart, cooks well. Tom
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