Those closeups of the flowers show a bunch of pollen in the blooms. I can’t have an apple in my collection with such a silly name.
Chikn, the name rankles me too.
For me, it’s the Wowza cherry. That name is as silly as Crunch A Bunch. I think some of us bought Crunch A Bunch because it’s advertised as a better Gold Rush. I hope I will find out later this year.
We have not had many days of good weather for pollinators to go to work. Also, I have very few apple blossoms blooming in the yard this year. I have hand-pollinated them on days that it did not rain
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So, give it a new name. Even big nurseries have been known to do that!
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Same thing here also, but I started thinning fruit on Ashmead’s, first time ever, and it seemed well pollinated.
John,
Golden Rush (I like the name) has such a long blooming time. Some at petal fall, others have not even opened yet.
@BobVance, how are your trees?
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My little stick of a tree is making flowers. This is obviously going to be a productive tree. I sure hope it lives up to the buzz.
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I cheated and one is growing on my stick of a tree.
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Awesome you’ll see if Golden Rush is similar to its parent.
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You bet. If you ever come by this way later this month. Stop by to try them yourself. I think BD will ripe in the next 2-3 weeks.
CaB may take longer.
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apples looking good, interested to hear a review.
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The apples on Baker’s Delight got eaten by animals (I think). At least, there isn’t anything on the branch now. The backup of Crunch-a-bunch produced 2 apples. I picked the one on the right, as there is a spot of damage on it (better to pick it, before it expands).
It also looks like mine have been having some problems with their leaves.
Yes and no (from my extensive sample size of 1 apple…). CAB has the same citrus/lemony taste that Goldrush has. You can see the family resemblance there. On the other hand, the brix is much lower. My apple was 13-14 brix. It isn’t as acid as GR can be though- this may be what they are referring to when they say “Improved version of Goldrush”). A GR at 13 brix would probably make your eyes water 
CAB also seems to be much earlier apple, as it seemed to be about ready when I picked it. I brought it, a Gala, and a Baldwin into work. Depending on people’s tastes, the Gala and the CAB were the winners. I liked the Baldwin (“Colby Baldwin” to be precise, as I have a couple Baldwin variants grafted next to each other), but it was still a bit acid and only 12 brix, while the Gala was still crunchy and 16 brix. I think CAB had the most interesting flavor of the 3.
Have you tried either yet? CAB may actually be ripe soon- Gurney’s says that it is a mid-September apple.
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@BobVance
Today, I went out and tried to pick Baker Delight and Crunch A Bunch. They did not budge. I guess mine will need at least one more week to ripen.
The leaves and the apples of mine look quite clean. I did spray Immunox in the spring before bagging.
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Just picked and ate my one and only Crunch A Bunch and it’s great. Very much like its parent! I’m eating it as I write. What a great job they did!
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John,
I will pick my first tomorrow to see how it tastes. Your area is a bit warmer.
I will pick one Baker’s Delight and one Crunch a Bunch to try.
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I looked and ripeness is mid September. So I took a shot. Very long stem on my apple.