Thank you for this clarification. I have the Myers Royal planted but no fruit as of yet. I wanted a larger LT apple variety. Looks like I may have picked the right variety version.
Mine are getting near picking. I tried one of the more ripe ones and it was very sweet but I could still taste some starch in the background and the flavor was not particularly rich. I know from past experience that they will need a lot of storage if they are picked now, or they need a lot more hang time. I will probably pick a bunch a week from now and store for a couple months.
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Thanks! That’s great to have some tips… 
Hmmm. This thread makes me think that my OFLT may have come from the nursery mislabeled… I don’t ever remember seeing even a hint of red on its fruits… just green, adorned with copious sooty blotch and flyspeck.
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I have an OFLT that is a challenge to prune. Basically I’m clueless about how to deal with it. It send up vertical shoots that will grow very tall and thin then set a few flower buds toward the end. These fruit the next year and pull way down hence the droopy growth habit. Seems like summer pruning is in order. Last year I pruned in late summer by cutting back the long twiggy growth to 4’-5 buds. Some of those set flower buds. So I guess maybe thats the answer but I’m curious of others’ experiences.
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