Did you taste licorice in Milo Gibson?
Yes, I get some licorice/anise flavor in mine.
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From my reading there are a few flavors that come through in various apples. Those seem to be licorice, banana, strawberry, pineapple, grape, lemon…
Can anyone think of any that I didn’t list and if so do you have an example cultivar that picks up that flavor?
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This year my Liberties have a distinct spice flavor. Cinnamon is the closest I can come to defining it.
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Obviously, there’s a raspberry-like element in many red-fleshed apples.
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Cinnamon is certainly one. Sadly not one that I’ve gotten to experience yet. I’m planning to add spice to my stable at some point.
Forgot about raspberry. I don’t know that my pallet is refined enough distinguish the subtly between lemon, pineapple, and raspberry but I’m all for the challenge.
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I have “Delicios de Voinesti” confirmed coming. It is supposed to have a unique taste.
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Apple flavor!
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Cherry flavors can be found in some varieties. I’ve noted it in Sweet Sixteen and also a hint of it in Chestnut Crab last year
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Gascoyne’s Scarlet is said to have a Balsamic taste if not allowed to store for a month or so.
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I have a chestnut. It’s the current frontrunner for my favorite. Squirrels robbed me blind this year so i didn’t get to sample them.
I did last year. I can’t recall cherry but at this point its pretty fuzzy based off of the handful that I’ve sampled. Maybe next year. Still an awesome apple by my measure.
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Im not sure how id feel about that outside of a salad
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Man, this would be great if these had scions available to purchase/share.
All of these look so good - and i love “something different”
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Give it time everyone will do our best to make sure all these varities become available.
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I didn’t detect any cherry flavor this year but it was noticeable last year. Sweet Sixteen has a much more consistent and noticeable cherry flavor. I have Cherry Cox and Cherry Crush but haven’t fruited it yet.
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The difficult part with apples specifically is the flavor can be very different year to year. The heavier the crop the more washed out the flavor is of the apple. I have found it takes 5 years to really get to know any fruit tree. Apples are by far the hardest in my area since they can can be biennial bearing , prone to overbearing etc. If the weather isn’t right for apples the resulting fruit taste isn’t at its best. In my opinion we grow some of the best tasting fruit in this area but its hard. The flavor of the fruit and specifically apples in Washington and similar apple states has always got that washed out undesirable flavor in my opinion. I think its caused by to much rain and to little heat. Maybe they only send reject apples to my area from washington. Once in awhile im pleasantly surprised when i eat a store bought apple though it has not happened in years.
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Sweet 16 will be grafted in this year. Im still early into the hobby so my previous grafts are getting up to speed. Hopefully 2025 is a good year.
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The fruit explorer groups like NAFEX i formerly belonged to look for fruits, note tastes, compare fruits like apples and compare many other known fruits. Many forum members like @scottfsmith @39thparallel are still NAFEX members. I can say from my own experience there is no better source than growingfruit.org for growing fruits. There is some supplemental information out there. Bringing attention to virtually unknown apples or other fruits is something i enjoy a great deal. I will do my best for as many years as i have in me to make rare fruits available to everyone. I think rveryone should have every fruit available to them and grow as many as they want for free. The Clarks crab seedling apple that has my name is my best apple i have personally ever produced and it has no patent or trademark and anyone can grow all they want for free. @scottfsmith is nice enough to maintain all this good content we publish out here from all of our fruit growing experiments that produce some of these rare seedlings. This is the only place i document my work. As i said these are not my apples they are from a nearby orchard. From left to right we have bramley, ambrosia, milo gibson,golden delicious,arkansas black, pink lady. All very good apples with totally different purposes. Bramley is a great apple for pies and other pastries.The ambrosia, milo gibson, and pink lady are often fresh eating apples. The arkansas black is a storage apple. The golden delicious is also known as a rooster tree that pollinates other apples very well and is a general purpose apple good for most everything you need an apple for.
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I loved looking at your apple photos today. Thank you. Where can I buy the yellow crabapple tree? We live near Annapolis, Maryland. I have one Wickson and one Whitney crabapple, but would love to add your yellow fruit. By the way, it must be wonderful, going outside and being surrounded by all those fruit trees! What a beautiful sight!
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I agree. Opal is one of those ‘washington only’ apples and i think it tastes really good some years and some years its just good. Hard to know that if it were grown in your area or mine that it could be a fantastic apple…
Same thing with Rainier and other cherries like Bing… Washington or PNW is where most of them come from… however there are local orchards not far from me that grow both. Most of my local places are happy to have ‘Michigan Apples’ Yet i heard on the radio not long ago that my state grows more apples than they can get rid of… i think alot are going to food banks etc.
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