Tasted our first Snow (Famuese, Chimney, etc.) today and really loved them. If I were to be pinned down on taste I’d just cop out and say “apple”. It’s a clear, uncomplicated flavor, clean and without “pear” or “cinnamon” -although some reports liken it to strawberries. I didn’t notice that with our small sample, but that could change from year to year.
Looks like, and is probably an ancestor of, MacIntosh. A nice red with snow white flesh. Juicy in our case, breaking flesh. There’s something “pure” about it. Worth your time to sample and probably grow.
I know it sounds kind of exactly what you said- but I want apple to actually taste like an apple. Like you said- clean and uncomplicated flavor. Not a sugary wet mess like most of the newer apples being created out now. Such as the Honeycrisp, etc…
I had a similar experience with my Summer Rambo apples this year- it was an apple tasting apple. I loved those- I ended up eating just about all of them myself. This apple is on a 4-1 tree and a beaver ate three varieties off of it a few years ago. So there is only a large branch with this variety on it. Worth keeping this tree for this one producing branch.