I had really good luck drying quite overripe watermelon
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That’s it, I will not try the Mutsu here. It will be a big waste of space and a relief not to have the frustration of watching it do nothing but be diseased and if I would get any apples see them all blistered up. I’ll find something else to plant instead. TY for that confirmation.
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It has been many, many years since I have had any sulphured fruit. My aunt used to do that. Brings back memories just seeing the words.
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Try Pristine if you like 'em on sour side…and try Golden Sweet for a sugary one. Disease resistant golden apples. Agree, no Mutsu.
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Thank you for the apple suggestions. I will be going thorough some catalogs this weekend.I will check those two out.
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Not everyone likes yellow apples but i like your suggestion for apples. Never found those you mentioned all that large either. Some people feel red apples are a must
@dannytoro1 wants “really big Apple cultivars” and big apples are a small number like the few big ones there are in the big list of scions shown here that @39thparallel sells.
Here are a few other places to check
The record holder is here
" Ever wondered just how gigantic an apple can get? Well, the world’s biggest apple was so huge that it weighed as much as a chihuahua. And we’ve got all the juicy details right here. What type of apple was it? And who was the lucky person to pick it? We’ll tell you. However, our journey doesn’t stop there. We’ve also got a ton of fun apple facts, such as what apple seeds you can plant for big fruit and where apples came from. Follow along to learn about the largest apple on record and more.
Apples are sized based on how many can fit in a standard box, with box sizes ranging from 48 to 216 apples.
Key Points:
The Fuji apple was combined with the Crispin apple to develop the biggest apple in the world.
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- The world’s largest recorded apple weighed as much as a brick.
- The biggest apple in the world was a mix of Crispin and Fuji apple varieties.
- Apples can be small, medium, or large.
- A few large apple varieties include Mollie’s Delicious, Shizuka, and Goldrush.
- Apples are sized based on how many can fit in a standard box.
- Box sizes range from 48 to 216 apples.
- When choosing an apple tree to grow, consider bloom time.
- Some apple trees can live more than 100 years.
- Different apple cultivars have various uses.
- Some apples are perfect for baking, eating fresh, or making cider.
- A lot of the apples we eat today started out as wild crabapples.
The world’s biggest apple on record weighed 4 pounds 1 ounce. Chisato Iwasaki picked the record-breaking fruit at his apple farm in Hirosaki City, Japan, on October 24, 2005. The monstrous apple was a blend of two large apple varieties, Crispin (Mutsu) and Fuji. Crispin apples are large, yellow-green, juicy, and flavorful. Fuji apples come in different sizes, ranging from big to very big, with an average diameter of about 3 inches. They have sweet and crunchy flesh. Both of these apple types are usually ready to pick in late October."
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You are correct about my comment to Mike…golden apples aren’t enjoyed by everyone, and the couple I mention aren’t anything but on upper side of normal in size.
But, I tried to give Mike options he could substitute for Mutsu and it’s troubles to raise.
Enjoy the extra resources on huge apples.
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Thank you again for the suggestions. I do not mind a yellow apple. Most people are fixated on red apples only. I want one ( no matter what the color is) that does not have a ton of issues growing it, such as the Mutsu. Ooten comes to mind , a greenish-yellow apple, that gets so big if it hits the ground when ripe of sort of explodes.
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Oh noes! Color Tribes in Apples now?..lol
Poor St. Lawrence Apple. To Green/Red for it’s own good.
Any writer that suggests Goldrush is an especially large apple never grew it and didn’t do their research. I have read in trade mags that its smallish size was a key reason it never caught on as a commercial variety. Properly thinned it can achieve average size, but I’ve never seen a single jumbo Goldrush and I’ve included it in almost every orchard I’ve ever installed and regularly care for. .
The largest apples I grow tend to be prone to bitter rot or corking (I honestly don’t know the difference although I often see one or the other). These include N. Spy, Fortune, Jonagold and, to a lesser degree, Honeycrisp. The first three tend to get larger than Mutsu and only Jonagold is reliably annual. I have to give it a few calcium sprays to avoid the corking, but even somewhat corky apples are fine for cooking.
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I would not say that. In researching NY56413-30, one working commercial orchard uses it to produce their absolutely huge “Evil Queen” apple they sell. But part of this tree’s nature is producing a fair amount of small seedless fruit. And the main crop of large,tasty, but mis-shapen apples . Ironically it was just intended to produce an SRC apple for breeding purposes. But you have to store the large and giant apples to get the sweetness. Sounds like a lot of work; but for whatever reason they find it worthwhile.
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not personally a fan of the yellow apples but I do grow one, I like the russets best and I’m always looking for weird colors more than size (fresh eating is nice too but I’ll make apple butter willingly). I like that tart taste as well and it seems all the bigger apples are sugary or soft?
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I have a thing for purple apples. I have this one coming I hope. Polish Piervomaiskoie
I bet they will be really dark and sweeter here
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Good or average for a commercial variety, but generally speaking, Goldrush tends to run smaller than Red Delicious. I have plenty in my fridge the size of those on your tree, but I have to reduce them to one per cluster- I don’t have quite your sun. I assume you also got more rain than you bargained for as we did this season, Good for size but not always for flavor. My Rush did not get up to their top quality even the ones that fully ripened. That was the case this year with the majority of types I grow.
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One of the advantages of growing Howgate Wonder is its resistance to bitter pit. That was one of the attractions for me getting a scion of it. I had to put it to MM111 in order for it to be included in a PYO orchard & now stands in rather poor soil, so it may be a while before it begins making fruit.
“Bitter rot” is a phrase unfamiliar to me. Same same?
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Ok. This is just weird. There was very little record of this apple in Polish Pomology. However a nearly identical Soviet era Apple with nearly the same name exists under Russia. The only difference is it is yellow/green. Did the Soviets plant a Soviet Apple sport in Poland as a command economy measure???
But!!! Piervomaiskoie translates to: “Pervo taste machine”!!!
Say what???
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I used to buy it at the world trade center farmers’ market. (Yeah, that long ago.)
I thought it was a terrific eating apple. But i tend to prefer tart apples. I don’t buy (or grow) any of the apples that are really low in acid.
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Got Piervomaiskoie top grafted. Hopefully it will not try a communist overthrow.
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Available at Japanese grocery stores here in October. One of my favorite apples. Outstanding aroma. But not the best texture. It’s grown in eastern WA. Haven’t been able to locate scionwood.
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