We have had threads on red fleshed apples or the best tasting apples but it is time we start a thread on orange fleshed apples.
#Butterball
is one of the orange fleshed
crabapples.
Searsburg Cherrybomb Cider Apple
" Malus spp. Early Fall. Sharp cider apple. Eric Shatt, Redbyrd Cider selection, Finger Lakes region, NY.
Abundant small bright red crabapples almost look like ripe cherries on the tree. Surprising orange flesh is tart with sharp bright acidity, but also packs a lot of sugar. The best thing about this apple is that the trees are “absolutely clean of foliage blemishes with no spray!” according to Shatt. Cedar apple rust can be a huge problem in New York orchards and Cherrybomb has had no issues.
On trial here in Maine. Seems like a good candidate to use as a parent in the quest to breed climate-resilient and naturally disease-resistant apple varieties. Midseason bloom. Z4. Maine Grown.NEW! (Semi-dwarf: 2½–5’ bare-root trees)"
After reading the unique apples post, I grafted cara cara orange crab (apple) this past season. I bought the scion from Derek Mills, who described it as tasty. I’m hopeful that it turns out to have great color and flavor in NW Iowa!
I have butterball/fat man grafted in but its only a year in so no opinion on texture or flavor. Vigor seems pretty high and the leaves get pretty before falling unlike most other apples. May be predisposed to scab but i didn’t spray at all so id say not immune which you’d expect.
