Phone app to identify fruit trees

General Fruit Growing
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I have 2 apple trees in two neighbors’ yards that I am trying to ID. They are both prolific bearers of nice looking apples despite being neglected several years. One might be a red rebel and the other might be a paradise. I would like to be sure.
Is there a good phone app you have used to ID a fruit tree of an unknown variety? I would like such an app for identifying other trees too.
Thanks!

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#2

Frank, I’d say posting pictures and descriptions of ripening times etc here might point you in the right direction.

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Thanks for your help in identifying this apple tree. I think it is amazing it can thrive without care here in middle Tennessee (except for wormy apples due to neglect). It is ripening now in August in zone 7a (south of Nashville, TN). The taste is unfortunately bland at this point, with a slight herbal, spicey taste (perhaps due to lack of proper minerals).
Someone with a plant ID app says it is a Paradise apple.

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#4

There are a few websites that have apple identification tools. This is the one that seems most helpful:
Identify your apple variety by comparing its identification characteristics

Here is a other:
https://www.fruitid.com/#identification/1

If all else fails, there are some university extension programs that offer DNA testing

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