Matt- do you have a Squirrelinator?
1 Like
@greyphase Hey there - I am wondering how your Myers has done with disease resistance? Do you spray your trees? I’m deciding between it and a Guyandotte Pippin for one of my children. Thanks for any info on either
I had a little fire blight on my Myers Royal last year but nothing serious and my orchards was hit bad. No other disease problems. My Guy Pippin is located in a different orchard that was spared fire blight damage.No other disease with the Guy either. The Guy Pippin has been shy to bear but it’s not located in a prime spot. The few I’ve tasted were good, but the Myers Royal is my favorite of all my heirlooms😍 I try to spray for bugs once or twice in the spring.
3 Likes
Do you know of any other “Royal” Limbertwigs besides Meyer’s and Red Royal? I have one labeled “Royal” different than red royal I’m waiting to compare to Myers’s Royal.
Yeap. There is “Royal”. Some say another Georgia Limbertwig. But there are always contesting. From Horne Creek:
Royal Limbertwig
Description: Fruit above medium to large, roundish, somewhat conical, often oblique; skin greenish yellow partly to mostly covered with light or dull red, sometimes with some indistinct red stripes; dots large, russet or white. Flesh yellowish, rather fine-grained, juicy, tender, mild subacid. Ripe early October.
History: Royal Limbertwig was widely sold by southern nurseries. The fruit does not keep as well as Red Limbertwig, but Royal Limbertwig seems to be better adapted to warmer areas of the South.
Uses: Multipurpose, Stores well
1 Like
I’d heard Old Fashioned, Black and Royal are Georgia origin. And Red is too small to be OLF. Black is not rough like OLF. OLF tends to be large. But I think based on old ads; Black is definitely a son of Tennessee . Not Georgia.
I’m still planning on ordering Black from 39th next season. There are tons of them in Georgia. “Royal” is on my list if you decide that is what you have. Definitely getting Brushy Mtn. Swiss and Victoria from you guys too.
Still finding very little info on “Little Limbertwig”. Saw one picture. Looks like an Applecrab.
Red Royal,Swiss,Caney Fork are some of my favorite fresh eating Limbertwigis. Crow Egg (northern) , Hooples Antique Gold , King David Winter Sweet, and Lowry are also great tasting apples, at least to my taste buds. Except for fire blight (and all recovered and produced fruit) last year no major disease problems with any of these.
3 Likes
I finally have some Myer’s Royal Limbertwig apples off my tree this year. They look great. Nice size , more large size, and they are starting to get the red color now.
6 Likes
One more Myer’s Royal Limbertwig apple that was on my tree this year. They seem to be very heavy apples. I did weight a few of them and this was the heaviest one I had this year. This was the first year I had apples on it so there were only about 10 apples on the tree.
5 Likes
That would be a medium size apple. Though based on taste reports; people wish it was larger.
There are not many very large Limbertwigs. Most seem to run between medium to large size.
Strange quite a few Limbertwig seedlings do run very large. Dula Beauty/Coffey Seedling. Georgia’s “Coffee Seedling”.
Black Twig Mammoth? Does that have Limbertwig parentage?
Plus the skin families. Beautiful Smooth and Sandpaper…lol
Yes the best guess is winesap x limbertwig
1 Like
My Myers Royal would produce fruits of variable size, and some were as big as your usual tripod apples (Mutsu etc).
For all the other Limbertwigs I agree they are not that large. Brushy Mountain is small not even medium.
2 Likes