tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post7792196279737121556..comments2024-03-28T14:20:30.497-04:00Comments on Adam's Apples: Mother (American Mother) *Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06245776593991049317noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-51625614599368823772016-01-31T19:01:24.501-05:002016-01-31T19:01:24.501-05:00Mother seems to enjoy a cult following. Probably i...Mother seems to enjoy a cult following. Probably its highly variable qualities plan a role in that if falls to the cognoscenti to tell the world the truth about this apple.<br /><br />I think I have yet to experience peak Mother. However I did have a few very good ones this fall courtesy of a reader, so frim my point of view the chapter on this variety is still unfinished.<br /><br />Thank you also for your comments on growing Mother.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245776593991049317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-77929428731687450662016-01-31T04:00:48.010-05:002016-01-31T04:00:48.010-05:00Mother, is an odd apple. It varies tremendously f...Mother, is an odd apple. It varies tremendously from year to year. I have been growing it for some time and it ranges from being an okay apple to one of the best apples you will ever eat. When it is at its best it is an amazing apple, with an aromatic complexity that is hard to describe. I wait anxiously each year when Mother ripens, never knowing how it will be. It is one of those apples, when it is right, that you want to share with your friends, so they can taste its splendor and in other years be embarrassed to offer it up. <br /><br />Clearly if I had but a couple of apple trees, Mother would not be one of them, because it is too variable in quality and taste from year to year. One the other hand I would highly recommend growing mother jf you have several trees. I also would highly recommend growing in as a single branch graft on another tree. Even if but grafted at the tip. The flavor is well worth seeking, and as a tip graft or as a branch you will get just a few fruits, and can claim the reward for when it is right and mitigate your disappointment in those off years. One bonus is it is an easily managed apple, displaying a level of innate disease resistance. Another bonus is it is partially self-fertile, which means it is very useful as a pollinator for triploids (thus allowing you to pollinate the triploid variety and itself), just be mindful to match the bloom season. In the end, the best approach to mother is to think of is as wine grape. Each year varies tremendously, one vintage is rated higher than others. It is analogous to Mother. <br /><br />Mother is definitely a connoisseurs apple. I say enjoy. <br /><br />the fluffy bunny<br />the fluffy bunnynoreply@blogger.com