Not sure this will all fit here. Email to me from Dan Bussey, former orchard manager at Seedsavers Exchange, Decorah, Iowa:
Hi Steve,
I have about 35 Limbertwigs in the collection here and most are from Steve Kelly and a few others that you’re probably aware of. Henry Morton in his 1986-87 catalog mentioned some of the people where he had obtained most of his Limbertwigs from. I wonder if any of those people are around? I have the 98 I mentioned, listed below and there are two that are probably synonyms of others. I haven’t compared this with Tom’s list recently to see if I missed any. I’ve been interested in the Limbertwigs for some years and have written about them in one of our publications a few years ago. Please mention the Seed Savers Exchange as a source for scionwood. Being able to find rare varieties such as these are part of our mission and I hope we can share information when it can be found. Good luck in your work and I plan to be in touch with you any chance I get if something else comes up!
1.Alberta
2.American
3.Appalachian
4.Ashford
5.Autumn
6.Bee Creek
7.Ben Lomand / Lomand
8.Black Limbertwig
9.Black Limbertwig (Tyson)
10.Black Limbertwig (Watts)
11.Black Newman / Newman
12.Brewster
13.Brushy Mountain
14.Brown
15.Cagle Mountain
16.Camp
17.Cane Creek
18.Caney Fork
19.Carolina
20.Crimson
21.Cumberland
22.Cypert
23.Eaton
24.Edgefield
25.Elberta Black
26.Evan’s
27.Fall
28.Fall Creek
29.Glade
30.Golden
31.Green /aka Large
32.Hanging Dog
33.Hard’s / Peak Fall?
34.Holder’s
35.Howard
36.Improved
37.June
38.Keep Forever
39.Kentucky
40.Kingston
41.Levering
Old-Fashioned /probably the Red
42.Limbertwig Spice
43.Little
44.Maroon
45.Miller’s Sweet
46.Morrison
47.Motlow
48.Mountain
49.Mountain Crest
50.Myer’s Green
51.Myer’s Royal
52.Nanthalia
53.North Carolina
54.Ohio
55.Oregon
56.Park Green
57.Ramsey’s Smoky Mountain
58.Red
59.Red Royal
60.Reed
61.Richard Red
62.Roane Royal
63.Rocky River
64.Rose
65.Royal
66.Ruby
67.Rusty Coat
68.Seedling
69.Sequatchie
70.Shields
71.Short (Short Mountain?)
72.Short Mountain
73.Slatton’s
74.Slemp
75.Smoky
Smoky Mountain (Red Ramsey Strain)- Likely same as Ramsey’s Smoky Mountain
76.Sour
77.Southern
78.Southland
79.Streight
80.Striped
81.Summer / aka Weeping
82.Summer Yellow
83.Sweet
84.Swiss
85.Tate
86.Tellico
87.Tracy
88.Tyson
89.Tyson Yellow
90.Van Royal
91.Victoria
92.Virginia
93.Volunteer
94.Watts
95.Weavers Red
96.White
97.Woods / American
98.Yellow