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39 Comments
The best apple is a Michigan apple đ
If all goes well I will have a bumper crop of apples this year. Planted trees 4 years ago and they finally set fruit. Cherries need to get the memo though đ
How can we get some of these trees?
Hey Luke
I hope you guys get more GREEN out there in Wisconsin we're at 100% now. That last storm system was bad. Hoping for mushrooms to pop! Anyways good luck! Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
The absolute best apples are from Gisborne New Zealand , I know as I stole a lot that all ended up in my bellyâŚhick !
Iâm baffled
Would be great to see these catalogued to USDA hardiness zone once you got some years under these!!
While living in north Dakota I had wealthy apple and haralson.
Again Johnny Appleseed originally came from Gisbourne New Zealand that most folk have no idea as they have been to Tekaraka home of the apple shelfâŚ.
Great video Luke! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge
LukeâŚyou bring back so many memories of my Mom when I hear the names of apples I havenât heard of in years! I was born in 1953, and Mom and I would go and pick apples every year since I was a child, late 50âs early 60âs. Thank you for thisâŚ..btw..I am one of 5 children. Dad planted fruit trees for every one of us when we were born. I was the Cherry Tree. The rest were apples and pears trees. We were allowed to climb and eat as much as we wanted as long as we didnât waste or harm the trees. The neighborhood kids were all allowed to too! So much fun playing outside all day, then go for a snack anytime we wantedâŚ
I am very fortunate to be able to find Stayman Winesap apples in Pennsylvania grocery stores fairly regularly. I am not fond of most modern apples — they're way too sweet for me! — but I love the tartness of Staymans, so every time I do find them, I bake apple pie.
I found a small apple tree while walking through my sisters woods in Gladwin County. The apples were very pale, almost white.The flavor was very mild, not too sweet or tart. I have wondered if it is a transparent apple tree.
I sure hope you'll be able and willing to eventually offer bare root cuttings of some of the varieties that you have found on Apple Island and elsewhere. I'm thrilled to witness the beginnings of what I predict will become a world famous apple orchard.
Cox Pippin. I remember picking that one at an old orchard in burgessville, Ontario. Tolman Sweets were my favourite. Unfortunately the orchard was destroyed in a tornado in 1979.
I live in the hot and humid southeast so apples aren't a viable crop here. I'm so jealous! I love your vids detailing and sometimes even finding rare and old varieties though! Keep up the good work.
I have a Newtown Pippin and Arkansas Black. Newtown Pippin is still young, oak tree took down my stayman winesap tree during 2020 derecho. Newtown Pippin I put in its place. Arkansas Black is sweet as candy and so crisp, by far my favorite apple. I only wanted to grow Heirloom varieties, too.
Apples started in Kazakhstan!
These stories are fascinating. Though where did those 18 century apples actually were discovered. There must be even older apples out there somewhere. I mean Adam and Eve ate an apple and the Romans did have apples. All those apples must have come from somewhere.
My husband's Grandmother grew up in Kent City Cassopolis Michigan born 1917. Her grandfather immigrated from Germany, and he raised an apple called a Snow apple
Please note that I am expecting a 2hr long video where you just review all the apple cultivars youve collected once the trees grow up and fruit. And i will watch that video
There is an orchard by me that offers over 200 varieties. I try a couple of đŽnew ones every year. I don't know how I would make it through 1,800. Very impressive.
(1)The winesap apples are very nice to make applesauce and for pies, cobblers and homer. Or just for hand eating.
(2) I'm looking for a smaller yellow-to-green-skin apple that showed up in late May or early June in Kansas. It was a bit mealy but nice and tart. It made great pies and apple jelly. It seems to have fallen out of favor with the local orchards and I cannot find nursery stock.
(3) I've mentioned an old-fashioned cider pear in some of my previous responses to your videos. The old Lincoln pear that I mentioned was firm, with yellow skin when ripe (and had a bit of a reddish blush). But it was very grainy, exhibiting a lot of russeting as you have described the flesh of apples. And it made great pear butter (which isn't as brown as the apple butter that you showed).
Your insane variety of apples is incredibly impressive and such a beautiful way for you to incorporate your love of gardening and the preservation of apple history and culture.
Maybe someday you could offer âapple tastingsâ like wineryâs do! People could come from all around to taste these famous and rare apples!
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It's insane how much progress you've made since buying that land. Here I was thinking you're going down the path I did when I bought some land where I started way too many things at once, wasn't finishing anything and got overwhelmed. But you guys have accomplished a ton, learned a lot along the way too and are getting it done. I know you have a team behind you but still that's a ton of work and coordination so it's great to see land being used to better the community like this.
I was absolutely expecting the Appalachian product to be applejack. Apple butter was a bit of a let down. đ
May I vent here for a second? First of all, 90% of what I'm going to say here is moot b/c my climate is extremely hot and most apples do not like a hot climate. That having been writ, I want to rant a little about the way the food system is setup. I would love to grow speciality varieties of fruits like apples, but I want to taste what I will be growing before I put it int the ground. I don't want to spend 2 years growing something new, not like the way it tastes, and then be stuck growing it year after year for 150 years! The only way I can taste the variety first is if I buy it from the supermarket, and then I'm stuck not getting something mass produced. Why don't nurseries grow a tree up fully and let you sample the fruits?
This may be one of my favorite videos from the new acreage. Heirloom tomatoes and apples, all a part of the fabric that creates history and wonderful stories. Thanks, Luke!
I live in NC just a stone's throw from Appalachia. Our farmer markets are filled with "mountain apples" come fall…and that includes Winesaps! Arkansa Black is another good old timer. While not an heirloom, Gold Rush is one of my personal favorites and is usually available into the winter. Sadly, many old orchards were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene, so fingers crossed come autumn.
Been starting to look at heirloom apple trees that were known to grow decently well here in wyoming since since frontier times our condition are terrible between the high winds and poor soils. The duchess is on that list of heirloom apple trees that the homesteadersbrought with on the journey out here.
Great video, I love what you are doing on the farm. You should consider partnering with a local hard cider maker to produce small batch artisan ciders, with a cool tasting room and event space. The possibilities are endless with all the apple varieties you have, and every season will be different, leading to the likleyhood of vintage ciders not available from other cideries. I was involved in a small cidery in Julian, CA, and we did a 100% crab apple cider that was too in-your-face when young, but was incredible when aged for a year. Miss that experience.
I love this episode SO MUCH! Are you guys planning to sell these different apples in the store?
we had an apple tree in our yard in British Columbia Canada called a Gravenstein.. it was awesome but it is not grown commercially. it must not store or transport well but man oh man its good.
I have not heard of any of them. But I have found the whole series about collecting the apples very interesting. I am 6 hours north of the USA border with Montana and this series has made me wonder if there are apples still around here from when this part of the world was settled. I'm watching the old sites to see. Planning on collecting some seeds from older varieties I know of to see if they will make the winters and whether or not they will need to be grafted.
I get so frustrated at finding MAYBE 6 varieties of apples at the grocery store when I know there are so many more out there. My favorite apple for sauce is the Rome or Law Rome apple – finding either one today is nearly impossible. My mom always said her favorite apple was the Northern Spy, which I have never seen and would love to taste. You are doing a great public service with your apple project.
I grew up on my grandparents farm in the mountains of North Carolina with my mother. We had Stayman Winesaps, Maiden Blush and Granny Smiths, along with the Red and Yellow Delicious trees. My favorite and one that my mother to work with her every day was the Grimes Golden. You are right, most people don't know about some of the older apples.
I was hoping to see York Imperial on your list, hope you have one in your other 1790!