Today's Trent apples are large mediums, slightly oblate with essentially no ribbing. Their streaky red blush is rendered a bit pastel or "dusty rose" by a light smokey bloom.
Many large light green lenticel dots (small near the calyx end) are visible throughout. They are if anything slightly larger in the less-blushed areas where the underlying green partially shows through the thinner blush.
A bloom, of course, is just an expression of extra wax (natural wax from the apple). When it rubs or washes off, Trent has a semi-gloss sheen and the lenticels are even more prominent.
In bright light, the blush includes tiny pinpricks of more-saturated red. You might be able to see what I mean in the photo if you select it and zoom in.
Under the hood
A faint floral note lingers in the finish.
While not in Blue Pearmain territory, the relatively dense texture of this apple is more filling than, say, a Cortland, which has many of the same flavors.
A modern apple
Trent was developed in the late 1970s at the former Smithfield Agricultural Farm in Trenton, Ontario. The province cites Trent as a scab-resistance variety.
Pomiferous says Trent is a cross of McIntosh with a research variety that has Jonathan and Rome ancestry.
I am amazed that you keep finding new apples to review! I am just thrilled when I can find one that isn't one of the supermarket staples.
ReplyDeleteI am kind of amazed myself (as well as pretty happy) when I find new ones.
DeleteMany of the recent ones came from an unusual orchard I visited at the start of the month. I intend to write about that but feel the need to plow through these apples first.
I still feel bad that I didn't get you some Lady Williams while I still lived down in SoCal. Maybe you need to take a another field trip to California to taste that, and Pettingill, another fine SoCal apple.
ReplyDeleteThere are some apples that just do not grow here in New England.
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