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It has hints of a Pink Pearl, though I might be wrong.
These are apples with red flesh in France.
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Excellent! I did have 13 of those…but three died before ever fruiting.
Looking for first fruit from a couple or more of them next year.
(The 7 red fleshed that I’ve actually eaten so far…none are on that list of nice apples.)
Realized the crop all got frozen in 2020…so there wasn’t any fruit to thin…and an ice storm in current year smashed this tree.
It does survive, and so does the frankentree graft, but doubt if there is any fruit in '22 … so more waiting to sample this one, and no spare scionwood.
Such an early bloomer, glad frost isn’t too bad most years, but freezes are another matter.
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A lot of my redflesh apples come from home.
We were buying scionwoods. Currently I have a little over 35 varieties of red-fleshed apples and 13 red-fleshed pears.
some, I always forget.
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Roter garteler
Scarlet surprise
Pink parfait
Pink pearl
Red devil
Kramia
Krashnaya
Maggy
Sanguine d’Auvergne
Sanguignole
Jederman’s
Red Ford
Blush rosette
Rosette
Soldat Russe
Baya marissa
Cukoo
Weirouge
Rootermond
Wisley scrab
Grenadine
Zook18
Lollipop
Serena
Era
Mariline
Calypso
Gerdherman
Kohlhass
Vampire
Hidden rose
Odysso
…
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This one it’s Zook18.
Very good apple.
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What a great name! I also like the name “Soldat Russe”. Of all your red fleshed apples, which one is your favorite and why?
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Vampire is also an inspiring name. For the moment no fruit.
I don’t know where So is from. Maybe from the Napoleonic war. A nice and good apple.
Many trees are still too young to say what I prefer.
I also have Valmera and Vinerpo.
A blood from Norway and surely others that I forget.
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I’m looking for a special apple tree to grow in memory of my Dad who died in late September. I would love for it to be a red-fleshed apple. Are any of the apples you grow scab resistant and good keepers that would ripen in September? I can’t find any information on some of these varieties like Zook18… If any of them seem suitable maybe I can buy scion wood from you.
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The spelling is wrong. It is ZOUK18.
Vouci the link.
Some varieties sold exclusively are no longer detailed.
Some are no longer accessible.
The Zouk18 is no longer in the catalog. She may be sold by this designer under another name now. We get to bought varieties before they are sold commercially.
It’s a recent variety that you won’t easily find in gardeners.
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Part of getting a “September” apple is knowing location and elevation… a July apple in Alabama may be a September apple in Pennsylvania and a October apple in Vermont.
True enough! I am in the the Pacific Northwest, at a low elevation and I only have part sun. Liberty ripens well for me but some of my other apples are not getting enough sun, it seems.
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or a nov. apple in n. Maine.
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I partially agree. I the time of maturity is different. the impact on the quality of an apple is negligible!
Let me explain: this year we had a disastrous climate. We can not speak of real different harvest period! At most 15 days! The quality hasn’t changed either!
On the other hand … on khaki, up to 2 soft spots! and lower quality.
The pimme is not the fruit variety which suffers the most from climatic or geographical variations. It’s my point of view.
I’m still learning the red fleshed apples myself…have a pretty good collection but most have not yet fruited…so I don’t think I can recommend one for your area. Redfield had it’s first crop this year for me, and I harvested at end of July. I didn’t spray and it had plum curculio pretty bad…but other than that healthy enough. But it’s supposed to be a September or later apple according to references I’ve read.
My first try, the taste not up to one I’d push on anyone.
Surprise, Pink Pearl? Firecracker?
Someone along the coast from N. California to British Columbia needs to chime in and help you–if any are growing a red fleshed apple in similar conditions (and has a September ripening time-frame).
I grow a good few in cool coastal Marin County, just north of San Francisco. As you’d expect, all of the Etter reds (including Pink Pearl) do well here. Mott’s Pink is a good one, too, though it ripens in August here. I’ve been unimpressed with Airlie Red Flesh as yet, but my graft gets less sun than it should. I have Red Devil and Rosette here, but I don’t have enough experience to rate them yet.
Standouts so far have been Pink Pearl and Mott’s Pink (early), Blush Rosette and Rubaiyat (mid-season), and Christmas Pink and Pink Parfait (late).
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I’m in Eugene and calypso ripened oct 1-15 this year. Eugene can be 1-2 weeks ahead of Portland and even more ahead of Seattle because of additional heat units but could be the same in some years. so maybe look at “era” (~10 days earlier than calypso) or “circe” (1 month earlier than calypso). I haven’t grown era but lubera claims it can be stored “till christmas”. it’s apparently a sweet/tart apple like calypso so probably not for everyone
http://www.lubera.co.uk/plants/fruit-trees/apple-trees/red-fleshed-apple-trees-redloves/redlove-era
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Throwback to spring and fall. Redlove Circe is a heavy bearer for me. The growth is enormous, so have to cut back in the spring.
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Besides being smaller than the leaves, are they acidic (and does it fade in storage).?