I got my scion wood from USDA yesterday

I’ve had Blue Pearmain from Whole Foods before and it matches up to the description I’ve seen online of “meaty” and “filling”. It is firm, but not super crunchy. Thoreau wrote a bit about it, which was posted recently by Matt.

I’ve got a graft of it on my franken-apple tree, which I think is just about ready to fruit. From my initial sample, I think one branch of it will be plenty of me. Just in case you are expecting blue fruit, I should mention that it gets the name from just a bluish hint from the bloom.

I’ve written about Priscilla quite a few times- it is a nice late Aug or early September. A good bearer (it hasn’t skipped any years, even after being under-thinned). It isn’t great eating, but is pretty good. Also 4X disease resistance.

Of the ones new to me, Black Gilliflower (15.2% SS, “healthy, dense leaves; productive”, “popular in late 1800s because kept well in non refrigerated cellars”) and Pixie (14.6% SS, “crisp, fine-textured, fairly juicy with good aromatic flavor”) look most interesting.

I’m not sure that there is a 100% overlap in Soluble Solids and BRIX, but they are very close. I treat them as equivalent when looking at the stats.