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Which Came First?

THE APPLE OR THE APPLE? PHOTO:  CAPTAIN ORANGE  ( CC BY-ND 2.0 ) Consider the Cherryfield apple, also known as Collins in its early years. This is a Maine variety that was also identified, tentatively, with Benton Red, another apple from the Pine Tree State.

Salome (Cherryfield, Benton Red)**

I'm thinking, what a typical looking apple. It's round and a bit oblate, one slightly tapered, one not, a streaky red blush that is a little washed out covering about two thirds of a spring green peel. It's not a McIntosh or a Cortland , but it might be, if you don't look too closely.