I just tried an apple I had never seen or eaten before...kind of flattened like a Cortland, but trapazoidishly warped?? redish and fantastically delicious!!
Can anybody tell me anything about it and conditions for growing.
Mountaineer Apple
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I looked all over the internet for this apple. Hardly any info at all. But I did read once, years ago how it was a privately held apple. So you will probably not find trees of it for sale, soon.
I recently discovered I can get cuttings of it from a friend who has several hundred kinds of apples. He is pretty well connected and he has one tree of it in his orchard. It won't come cheaply though, and you would certainly need to know grafting. PM or email me if you are interested.
I recently discovered I can get cuttings of it from a friend who has several hundred kinds of apples. He is pretty well connected and he has one tree of it in his orchard. It won't come cheaply though, and you would certainly need to know grafting. PM or email me if you are interested.
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I was told by a grower that they are a brand name
of York Imperial apples. The York Imperial apples are known for how well they keep. They are a crisp, sweet and tart apple when fresh, and get sweeter as they ripen.
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Mountaineer Apple available at Trees of Antiquity
Trees of Antiquity has these apples. No picture on their website, unfortunately. It says it ripens "very late," (like Pink Lady) which is intimidating because I would worry about early frosts if I decided to grow one. However, the Whole Foods link below states that they originate in West Virginia (I would hope so from the name!), so I guess I should trust that they will grow well here in WV.
How odd to think that I might have to order a WV variety of tree from all the way out in California, and ship it across the country to WV!
http://www.treesofantiquity.com/index.p ... cts_id=350
http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2009/1 ... and-pears/
How odd to think that I might have to order a WV variety of tree from all the way out in California, and ship it across the country to WV!
http://www.treesofantiquity.com/index.p ... cts_id=350
http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2009/1 ... and-pears/