White Limbertwig

General Fruit Growing
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Since Limbertwigs are a hot topic right now :slight_smile: has anyone tasted a White Limbertwig? I have a nice 3 year old tree but no fruit yet.

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White Limbertwig is very good here. It produces large, clean fruit that are crisp and and sweet/tart. Like some other Limbertwigs, it stores well and is at its best after a couple of months of storage.

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I ate 3 yesterday. Sweet flavor, crisp, but not hard, has some give when you chew, almost spongy I guess you could say, moderately juicy, could definitely taste lemon in it yesterday but without the tart, have never tasted that in an apple before, overall a very good apple. Produces an abundance of medium sized apples for me. Zero spray and the coddling moths seem to avoid it more than most of my other apples.

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Funny that you mention yours has some tartness to it. Mine have none here in northern Arizona. But then again the Arkansas blacks I had this year were incredible apples and had just a hint of tartness and very sweet. One of the best apples I’ve ever had.

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thanks for the descriptions and picture Jerry and Brian. :slight_smile:

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Nice looking Limbertwig.

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First year for white limbertwig for me and I’m sure I did not pic it at the right time but I remember it being a very good balance of sweetness/tartness leaning a bit more towards the sweet side.

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@greyphase one more questions for - can you tell me about White Limbertwig in regards to disease resistance and taste? Thanks again!

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My pic above was from my first harvest and i remember them being good but this year the harvest was exceptionally good and from many tasters that come to my orchard love this variety. It produced like gangbusters and had probably a ½ bushel of apples on my tall spindle tree.

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My White Limbertwig keeps producing wood and no fruit. :frowning: Some serious limb bending is in order this year. :slight_smile:

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Make sure it gets some fertilizer as well.

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Seeking commentary from SE growers concerning this variety.

Is this one better or more unusual than the Black Limbertwig?

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Can you tell me where you got your White Limbertwig from?

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Got a tree from trees of antiquity. Precocious and sets huge crops of great sized apples. Highly recommend it.

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If you’re on the prowl for WLT scions, 39th parallel had some a few weeks ago.

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It’s so hard to gauge disease resistance from researching online. On this forum, Mike at 39th parallel labels White L’twig as a fireblight magnet

But, Hocking Hills orchard has it mentioned as one of the easiest to grow. Do they have the same variety? Is it location? Hard to know these things and even harder to commit to an entire tree…

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I’ve figured out disease ratings are not all they are cracked up to be. Your location and it’s base load of vectors and threats. One strain of a pathogen may not be as virulent as the same type 25 miles away.

Because the pathogens too evolve and mutate often becoming diluted in ability.

I look more at growth habit and production tendency. Preferring good annual production.

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Its impossible i think.

I still read opinions but they are just that.

So many many variables in one yard to the next let alone state to state and year to year… to make a decision based on someones many possible variations of failure or achievement.

TOA says that White Limbertwig is ‘disease resistant’ and rates it ‘Excellent’ in Disease Resistance.

Does it make them a liar or the person saying that its a ‘magnet’ a liar? Neither and both?

“he-said-she-said.” is as far as one can get other than trying it themselves.

Is my ground perfect for growing what I grow? No. Is my sunlight perfect for growing what i grow? No. Are my practices and management perfect? No.

Will i grow magnets and bulletproof things? Yes.

Do my reports have any bearing on someone wanting to grow in VA or MD or WA? YMMV is the best that i can do.

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Even if an apple works great in one location just a few miles away it may have just the opposite effect. Just in my area alone with comparing varieties with people in my area that grow apples we can get different results with disease or even insect pressure.
It’s always an adventure, good or bad, with experimenting with fruit tree varieties.

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