I like sweet tart apples like Honeycrisp or Pink Lady.
Your list matches up well with others who have posted about their favorite tasting Limbertwigs.
One taste tester at David Vernon’s annual Century Farm Orchards taste test rated SWISS LIMBERTWIG as one of their top tasting apples.
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Caney Fork and Brushy Mtn were real duds for me in taste. But other places, soils I hear they can excel.
Brushy comes in real handy if you ever need to use a bridge graft to rescue bark damaged tree. Its twigs are real bendy, perfect for bridge grafting so I’d always cut a few long dormant whips for the fridge every Feb.
Yes, those are both good here (Northern California). Victoria, by contrast, was surprisingly quite inedible.
Myers’ Royal and Red Royal are the best I’ve tried here. White is also good. I haven’t had decent samples of Swiss or Black yet.
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Just a bump on this thread about the tastes and results of all your Limbertwigs that you have been trying to grow. Any updates?
I won’t have much to report until Oct-Nov. Limbertwigs seem to be mostly late fall apples.
Will you have any of the Limbertwigs to taste this fall? I know your last posting of what Limbertwigs you were growing was back in 2020. That’s why I was asking.
Right now I’m looking at a good crop of Myers Royal, Red Royal, Kentucky, Watts, Nanthalia, Black, Caney Fork, Smoky Mountain, Hanging Dog, Red, Victoria, Virginia and Weavers Red Sweet. Have a light crop of Bushy Mountain, Ruby, Old Fashion and Fall.
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Wow what an impressive accomplishment, to locate and grow all these. Years in the making I’m sure. I’m happy for you. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on each one! Bringing back a piece of history Rick. I don’t see Swiss. I keep waiting for mine to bear but man it’s slooooow. Nice vigorous tree though.
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Opps, Swiss LT should have been on my light crop list. Have a B9 tree with a dozen or so apples on. 
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