Neither of those is correct, Dan, but I like one of your guesses because it is getting really warm on what was to be another clue: *It originated in the same central Virginia area as one of the Fuji's parents - just over yonder...
An interesting side benefit of this game is that we will remember all the suggestions as "looks sort of like ______" (and I'm going to have to look some of them up) " **Actually, sometimes the name of the mystery apple is written with "Virginia" ahead of what we know it as, so all of your answers might also be "looks sort of like Virginia ______". *** I did not find either mystery name in "Apples of New York" (that should eliminate a few of them, huh?) and I must find out if it's described in Calhoun's “Old Southern Apples”. Keith Keith S. Yoder Research and Extension Tree Fruit Pathologist Virginia Tech AREC 595 Laurel Grove Rd. Winchester, VA 22602 ________________________________________ From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Ward [dawa...@vt.edu] Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:20 AM To: Apple-Crop Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple pix posted Could it be Ralls Janet aka Neverfall? Dan Ward Rutgers/NJAES Yoder, Keith wrote: > Jerry and all, > > No one has gotten the correct answer so far. > > I have posted some new images of the mystery apple near the top of my disease > update web site at: > http://arecs.vaes.vt.edu/arec.cfm?webname=winchester§ion=about_us&subsection=12368&PID=ksyoder > > This apple was discovered in Virginia in the 1800s. Although I picked > Tuesday, it was slightly overripe and may have been near optimum 2-3 weeks > ago.. The color is like a Stayman, and it seems to have more red color than > descriptions of it indicate. I know I have eaten it as ripe when it had much > less red color than this. > > Some people don't want me to tell them what it is yet, so I may add some > clues as we go along. It does come up with a Google search using its name and > "apple" so I'm tying to avoid certain descriptive keywords at this point.. > > Keith S. Yoder > Research and Extension Tree Fruit Pathologist > Virginia Tech AREC > 595 Laurel Grove Rd. > Winchester, VA 22602 > ________________________________________ > From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf > Of Jerome Frecon [fre...@aesop.rutgers.edu] > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:29 PM > To: 'Apple-Crop' > Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple? > > The picture is out of focus and it is hard to see the shape, no basin shots.. > for the late season I would guess Baldwin. > > > Jerome L. "Jerry" Frecon > Agricultural Agent I (Professor 1) > Gloucester County Extension Department Head > Cooperative Extension, Gloucester County > 1200 North Delsea Drive, Clayton, N.J. 08312 > Phone 856 307-6450 Ext 1 Fax 856 307-6476 > http://gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] > On Behalf Of Jon Clements > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:56 PM > To: Apple-Crop > Subject: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple? > > Mystery apple? Grown in northern Virginia, courtesy Keith Yoder, > Virginia Tech. Just harvested. Likely an antique variety from the > area. Note the short stem and rather pronounced lenticel spotting. > > http://yfrog.com/3lih8j > > P.S. He knows what it is and 5 bucks is riding on it. > > Jon > > -- > JMCEXTMAN > Jon Clements > cleme...@umext.umass.edu > aka 'Mr Liberty' > aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' > IM mrhoneycrisp > 413.478.7219 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard > <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon > Clements <webmas...@virtualorchard.net>. > > Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent > "official" opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for > the content. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard > <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon > Clements <webmas...@virtualorchard.net>. > > Apple-Crop is not moderated. 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