In 2012 I found some illegal local Sweetangos for sale here in Massachusetts. Illegal because the license for this hot new variety is strictly controlled, to the point where no one in New England is allowed to grow them. Although the bootlegged versions were substantially different from the licit ones in appearance and flavor profile, I was more than half convinced. Local "Sweetango" True Sweetango Sweetango seems to be so variable based on growing conditions and handling. I hadn't yet had a good one , either. Also the apple was pretty tasty in its own right, and so (I reasoned) why fake a Sweetango connection when you could patent, develop, and market the apple yourself? But today I not only refute the Sweetango claim. I unmask this apple's true identity.
An amateur explores the pomaceous fruit