The blotchy yellow apple is the one fruit produced by a tree i grafted several years ago. My husband’s uncle planted the scion from a seed many years ago. When he died, we visited and i took some cuttings (while it was in bloom! That was the only time we could get there) and grafted them to several rootstocks. The M7 all took, and after a couple years in pots, i planted the best one on the yard.
Last year it set a few fruits but the critters ate them all long before they ripened. This year it set exactly one fruit, and i picked it on Rosh Hashanah, and served it sliced, with honey.
(The other slices are from apples i bought.)
It was a little drier than we remembered the parent tree’s fruit, but delicious.
Shana Tova, and happy fruit growing.