Thats a good summary of KOR. I have a new tree of it coming in. The deer tried to destroy it a few days ago but didn’t quite succeed.
I am putting a lot of GD types in storage now: Hawaii, Hooples, Grimes, Rubinette, and soon Mutsu. Unfortunately they all ripen in a similar window, but fortunately they all store well.
This is Hudson’s Golden Gem (top), which I picked to test ripeness. The starch test looked good, so I picked the rest. This is the entire remaining crop on a young dwarf tree (bottom).
Taste is excellent though not especially sweet. I’ve seen it described as “pear-like.” Good, subtle, not overpowering.
Wow, thats a beautiful apple.
Your CrimsonCrisp looks great with its rich red color. I’ll be picking mine shortly as well - some have already dropped.
I wish there was anything like that around new york. All the fests around here are just carnivals with some apple themed vendors. You should have seen the staten island fig festival. Vendors selling jewlery, cookies, scones, pizza. Not one fig to sample, only some small trees. The largest vendor was a real estate company selling lemon trees…
Interesting. I’m used to seeing them more conic and elongated and with less blush. Perhaps due to growing conditions.
That’s how the ones I get from a local orchard in CT look like, too.
This is going to sound odd, but me too. I remember these apples being more conic earlier in the season. Some even seemed to have a protrusion at the blossom end. One of the apples (just below the top, middle) displays such a protrusion. But the apples seem to have gotten rounder as they matured.
And that’s how those that I grow in California look. Some get pretty sizeable. They’re also sweeter here than @jrd51 described.
It’s CrimsonCrisp time!
1 bushel of damage-free apples from an 8-year-old tree on M.7 rootstock.
The apples are fully ripe, sweet, crunchy, and have a great aroma - perfect for fresh eating. Mine went into the fridge for storage (in plastic bags).
Last year, apples were picked on 10/6 and 10/18, with notes showing that night temperatures dropped to 40°F around that time. In 2024, ripening is 2-3 weeks earlier.
UMass 2024 Apple Maturity Report indicates that CrimsonCrips “need to be harvested ASAP. light crop = early maturity” as of 9/23/24 2024 Apple Maturity Report | Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Washed apples
Two 1/2 bushel boxes:
Apples/tree:
Additional notes: looks like some CrimsonCrisp apples had a tendency to crack at calyx this year, and it caused some rot damage. I think earlier and gradual pick (week or two earlier) would solve this issue.
An orchard I went to a few times in the past had CrimsonCrisp apples that looked more like the upper one in Luisport’s photo. I remember them looking fake due to the blemish-free, bright-red color with a little yellow at the calyx. The CrimsonCrisp color was a stark contrast compared to all the other drab looking apples in the orchard. It was like they were painted with high gloss paint and polished. Unfortunately, I must not have taken pictures because I can’t find any photos in my files.
I had a few not-fully-ripe Muscat de Venus drop over the weekend. Even at this stage they’re great and have lots of those intense flavors you described.
