tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post3881402920876123242..comments2024-03-28T19:30:05.381-04:00Comments on Adam's Apples: The Adventure of the Scarlet BlushAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06245776593991049317noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-9486183954896260662011-03-31T14:02:00.818-04:002011-03-31T14:02:00.818-04:00This mystery that has been solved led me to anothe...This mystery that has been solved led me to another early cultivar of which I had not read of before. I tried to find the answer to your question and stumbled upon the Primate apple. Has anyone ever tried this variety. Here is what Siloam Orchards had on their wedsite:<br /><br />PRIMATE Introduced 1840 by Calvin D. Bingham of Camillus,New York,unknown parentage. Green skin,may be whitish or lightly blushed. Tender, fine textured, juicy flesh, sweet-tart may be reminiscent of wine, great dessert apple, all purpose, harvest mid to late August, fairly winter hardy , zone 4. In the 1800’s a highly regarded dessert apple for the summer season, still regarded highly by the few that grow it. Tree is very vigorous, productive, symmetrical. Long harvest window. The “Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, published 1927, states “ The first tablet in New York state in memory of any apple was erected in the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, on the original site of the Primate apple tree (Fig. 263). John T. Roberts, Syracuse, N.Y., on September 11, 1903, caused a bronze tablet to be erected there. On this tablet is the following inscription: On this farm Calvin D. Bingham, about 1840, produced the marvelous PRIMATE APPLE Named by Charles P. Cowles GOD’S EARTH IS FULL OF LOVE TO MANMattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-19194839105705075652010-05-18T20:19:49.226-04:002010-05-18T20:19:49.226-04:00Thank you, Ann!
However, I believe we have solve...Thank you, Ann! <br /><br />However, I believe we have <a href="http://adamapples.blogspot.com/2008/08/scarlet-blush-conclusion.html" rel="nofollow">solved this particular mystery.</a>Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245776593991049317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-86181465614381005512010-05-14T12:23:25.352-04:002010-05-14T12:23:25.352-04:00In the 1920's there were 2,000+ apple varietie...In the 1920's there were 2,000+ apple varieties. Now there are 7,000+ varieties. The mystery apple could be a variety unique to an orchard. The Apple very creatively continues to give birth to new varieties.Ann DuBoisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-13586562598291029742008-08-17T14:34:00.000-04:002008-08-17T14:34:00.000-04:00The classic drawing of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney P...The classic drawing of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget originally appeared in the Strand Magazine in 1881. <BR/><BR/>The digitized image is available via Wikimedia Commons, which explains, "This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired."Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318661139598557285noreply@blogger.com