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Dark Mollie

I did a double take when I saw this apple for sale last week. Can you guess what it is? It's a Mollie's Delicious , which usually wears a much lighter and partial blush and usually is for sale a month earlier.

Mollie's Delicious *

There was such variation in the bin of Mollie's Delicious that I could not find a typical sample. Most ran large to extra-large and were both ribbed and conical: more so than in my example, and a few with such exaggerated ribbing as to look strangely emaciated. All had a streaky red blush that nonetheless manages to be quite rich in places, a very handsome color. This is over a green-tinged yellow skin. Mollie has a very deep stem well and tan lenticels that range from tiny to large. It feels quite firm unbroken and has a very faint sweet aroma.