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The originator of this apple, Joel LaValley of Amnicon Apples, suspects it is a seedling of Red Delicious ("but much better").
It has a good bit of the Red D conical taper, and some ribbing. The streaky red color, where it covers the green-yellow, is purer than Delicious's purple-tinged hue, and there are many light tan lenticel dots prominent in the blush.
My samples are small and medium-sized. Now let's see about that "much better" part.
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| Crabapples gather around a lone McIntosh. |
It's been crabby here!
Above, left to right: AAX 11, Hewe's Crab (review forthcoming), and the delightful Chestnut Crabapple disport themselves around a single McIntosh (for scale).
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This is an "experimental" crabapple (thus the "X") under development by Amnicon Apples ("AA").
Each experiment is about an inch tall with streaky red blush over a pale yellow. The riot of streak and color wash masks any lenticel dots.
This crabapple has a satin rather than glossy finish, and noticeable ribbing.
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I listen to names. "Kinderkrisp," for example, suggests a "kid-sized" entry into Honeycrisp space.
These attractive apples are appropriately small, maybe an inch and a half tall (and about an inch wider than that). The one shown is the tallest at 1-3/4 inches, and the least oblate.
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| King McIntosh makes his debut at the Arlington, Massachusetts, farmers market last Wednesday. |
...the Macs arrive.
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And, they are kind of similar.
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Perhaps by design, the name of this apple evokes the iconic Golden Delicious, which matures much later.
Earligold falls between medium and large, a very light spring green. As the photo shows, there is not so much a blush as a lightening of the green to yellow, but it includes some faint peach accents. Lenticels show as darker green dots.
There is quite a bit of give in the squeeze.
